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    Apistos from French Guyana?

    I was just reading the comments from During in this article in "Aquarium International". He mentions that since france are considering former colonys actually as parts of EU, the imports of fishes to Europe is very simple. See the quote below: "European Jungle – Watching Apistogramma gossei...
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    Apistogramma in Netherlands?

    I will be travelling to Netherlands in January (business trip). I would like to spend a day to explore aquarium shops, looking for some rare Apisto species of course :) Any advices where to go?
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    Confirmation of ID, please!

    These fishes have been identified, first as paucisquamis (wrong of course) and later as Pulchra. What do you think guys, is Pulchra correct? I´m not so sure about that. http://www.ciklidbladet.se/artregister/artreg_visa.asp?ID=281 Br/ Per
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    Need some help with Id

    Friends...would someone please help me to identify this species, the original question popped up on a swedish forum (see link below). I suggested that it could be Ap. sp morado or Ap. sp papagai or most likely Ap. pebas. But I´m not sure about this at all...
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    Ap. Wapisana, availability in europe?

    Have anyone seen this small species (Ap. wapisana, before "Balzfleck" or "Courtship spot") in europe? In stock lists, shops or at some fish breeder? I have been looking for a couple of years for this little strange species, but I have had no luck in my search. Actually I have not been so...
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    Apisto breeding for busy people.

    Hello Due to my work, I have to travel sometimes and stay away from home for one or two weeks. At this occasion I just had newly hatched frys of Ap. Commbrae in one of my community tanks (they were hardly freeswimming). I really wanted to keep some of those frys and raise them to adults...
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    Underwater movie from venezuela

    A glimpse a Ap. guttata here also.....;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_e_kvSJwYc Br/ Per
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    Dwarf ciclids in Gabon?

    Going for a business trip to Gabon next month. Anybody having some idea what to find there? Really would be interesting to bring some nanochromis or pelvicachromis species home!! :) Any idea´s about regulations in Gabon for bringing out fishes and plants? I´m mostly into SA-dwarfs...
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    Christmas moss.

    Hi Anyone using christmas moss in the tanks? Is it as easy as the common javamoss to grow? Best regards/Per
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    Wouldn´t you like to keep some apistos in these tanks??

    Hello Linking some photos from my visit at the ADA gallery in Niigata Japan, the 2/7 this summer. Incredible tanks with the most fantastic arrangement I have ever seen! I really recommend you to visit this place if you have the possibility! But they didn´t keep any apistos or cichlids of...
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    Trip to the Amazon, advices needed.

    Hi I will go for a business trip to Carajas (iron ore mining site). The Tocantins river system above the Tucurui dam is draining the carajas area. Do anyone know what kind of apistos you can expect to find in these rivers and creeks? I know about the Ap. Tucurui and Ap. Caeti but I...
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    Ap. Linkei....anyone seen them lately??

    Hello I have been looking around for this species for a while. I had the luck to buy a couple of Ap. Linkei some years ago, but all of them were in bad shape. It looked like they were suffering from inbreed or something. I discovered that all the fishes had their bodies bent. I am quite sure...
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    Suitable food for D.Filamentosus?

    Hi I have five wildcaught D. filamentosus. 2 males + 3 females. I keep them in a 100 liter tank together with 12 Corydoras Habrosus and 2 Ap. Borelli. Ever since I bought them they have been very picky about the food. I always feed my apistos with frozen mysis (carved from a frozen block...
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    Easy or diffiult species?

    Hi all! I have some thoughts about this subject. Over the years I have been reading about experiences from a lot of Apistospecies from different people. We all seem to have very different experiences about the way we keep and breed these species. My top 5 list of species from difficult...
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    Apistos from Uruguay.

    Hi! Last of april†happily ended! Lots of fire-works and fires! It’s a Swedish tradition to welcome the spring by this kind of salubration every year by last of april. But it didn´t help up the situation this year though, today its still snowning :? Nevertheless, I was...
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    Adoption or fast-food?

    Hi all! I´m new to this forum, so I begin with a short presentation. My name is Per Wigstal and I´m living in the north part of Sweden. I have been interested in dwarfcichlids and especially apistos for at least 25 years (!) Have seventeens tanks right now in sizes from 50 litre up to...
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