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thanks a bunch mike!
after reading this, i looked at the picture about 10 times and couldn't figure out what you meant by the split. "he's crazy, but if he says there's a split, there must be a split".
i was showing the pics to a co-worker, and the split jumped right out at me, plain as...
updated with photos
i know these aren't the best but hopefully it helps...
unfortunately, the big daddy with the nice color and markings is shy and won't come out for pics...
updated with info from supplier...
here is the email i received back from the supplier:
"The most I get out of the exporter is they are from northern Peru near the Ucayalili River. I no longer have any of these and not seen a pic of them colored up. These were looked at by Julio Melgar at the...
thanks mike. i'll see if i can get any info from the supplier.
in the mean time, is the video clear enough? would it help if i was able to get clearer pics?
sorry but my camera is terrible, i wasn't able to get any clear pictures. ok, i admit, the camera is pretty good, i'm a terrible photographer. i did take a video that some of you might be able to make heads or tails of.
i bought these in june as F0 macmasteri. can someone confirm?
an update:
so, i finished my plumbing and lights. the tank is still sitting in the garage, testing for plumbing leaks. i planted the tank friday with a bunch of wisteria and dwarf sagittaria. at the moment, there are two big pieces of driftwood - one with fissidens, and one with taiwan moss...
i realize that some of these can be a little tough to come by, but here is my wish list. please contact me if you have some and can ship, or you're local enough that i can make the drive.
A. Erythrura / Mamaore
A. Bitaeniata
A. Schwarzkinn (red not yellow)
A. Cacatuoides (wild form)
A. sp...
it's funny, i was going to test the seasonal creek that runs next to our property but it's already running too low. 28 straight days without rain will have that effect...
that got me to thinking - i'm sure i can beat the water that comes out of my tap. as you say, the number of springs...
so, i've done some poking around the forum. i have some real preferences now.
by far, the two front-runners would be sp. Mamore/Erythrura and Bitaeniata, in that order. my "second level" would include trifasciata, sp. abacaxis, black-chin/schwarzkinn, and sp. masken.
the only thing that...
so, i just tested my tap water.
turns out, it's pretty soft. the GH is around 50ppm and the KH is between 1 and 2 degrees. given that, i now kind of want apistos that will make me play with my chemistry a little bit. i'm going to look around a little and then i'll ask some more questions....
thanks for the replies everyone. nice suggestions.
dave, as with anyone who has done any reading on the net about apistos, i've looked over your site and have read about the water you get right from the cascades. i live in the foothills of the cascades, only quite a bit north of you (granite...
thanks for the replies. excellent suggestion on the bitaeniata. that's probably the one that made me finally decide to keep apistos. however, i don't want to jump right into a species that would require me to play with my water chemistry too much. from what i've read, they require a PH somewhere...
i've been lurking around here a long time but i've never posted. so first off, a big hello to everyone. i've been keeping central american cichlids most of my life. i've kept and bred more species than i can keep track of. i've stayed away from anything south american because i didn't want to...