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Breeding is not my first concern. I picked cichlids because they have personality and color for my community tank. Later on when I have more experience I may try breeding, but not right now.
I am more concerned that my male will either be picked on to the death or become reclusive.
I sure hope it's not anything like that, I have had him for 1/2 a year now and all he had done is grown. He has been coming out of his hidey hole more often recently, has lots of color, and eats like a pig when he can.
Tank is a 29 gallon. Water is slightly harder than I would like (don't...
I have a 29 gallon that holds a male/female pair of A. Cac's Triple Red. They have laid eggs twice that I know of, and have eaten the eggs twice.
I have noticed over the last few weeks that the female has been a rose-y color most of the time, and is hen-pecking the male. He sticks to a third...
Just a personal observation since I switched my sponge filter from running on a powerhead to an air pump - my apistos now explore more of the tank and spend more time out in the open. It seems that since the current is greatly reduce they like to slowly float around and check things out...
Thanks for all the advice. You don't sound harsh, you just speak the truth.
The Elodea is completely gone, and I pulled up what was left of the Val last night while cleaning up after the Elodea (it was coming back, but I decided I want something more like the Elodea, I could tell the...
A little off topic, but is this something that is required for apistogramma? My pair of Cacatuoides spawned twice in a hollow of a piece of driftwood (ate the eggs both times), then I added a pair of 'Cichlid Stones' which I thought would give them more security and could be moved to another...
Mike,
Right now I have the bulb in that came with the hood. It is about 1/2 a year old, so it may be time for a replacement. I have actually been toying with the idea of building a canopy to use some LED (www.panopticslighting.com) light tubes that I have access to through work. They are easy...
I picked up some supplies to day to make a few small sponge filters. I love how cheap and easy they are. I think I may slowly switch my tank over to use two smaller sponges rather than one larger one. This should be less visible, and I'm hoping the circulation will be sufficient but not...
Help. I think I may have killed some of my plants by using Flourish Excel.
When I first started my tank I planted some Italian Val. It did quite well, and spread around through runners and looked healthy. Over the past few months though, I noticed that some algae was moving in (I think it...
I'm just wondering what people use for filtration on their apisto tanks.
I currently use a Hydro-Sponge 3 sponge filter with a small powerhead on my 29 gallon tank. I like this setup because it is silent, but it does have it's downsides. The filter is pretty visible. It has a fine sponge on...
I think it's to late Mike, the rest of the world with have to go on without us. I've already got a line on a 55 gallon tank and have started to think about how cool that would look. Perhaps with multiple species?
I got my new apistos last night. I picked up a trio of A. cacatuoides "Triple Red". Also talked with the shop owner. It turns out that the Inca I had purchased were wild caught (I was not aware of this). The new ones are captive bred, and are eating everything put before them.
What a...
I do feed flake and pellet food, but I was under the understanding that these were not wild caught fish. Next time I will make sure to check that out. Quarantine tanks are sounding better all the time. Going to dig out a 10 gallon and an aquaclear and see what I can do. Any recommendations about...
Mike,
Thanks for the input. I didn't think that it was a problem with my setup, but wanted to be sure before I got more fish. Since both fish are gone, I was thinking of switching to a trio of A. cacatuoides anyhow, they seem to recommended as a good starter dwarf. I'll see what the shop has...
Last week I purchased a pair of Apistogramma baenschi from a local fish shop along with a few tetras and shrimp. When I got them home I put everything in the tank, and let them settle in. The male cichlid became reclusive, and after two days of not eating it died. I contacted the local fish shop...
Came home today and the female had died. I had noticed yesterday that she seemed listless and didn't want to eat, even though I placed pellets right in front of her.
I'm really hoping this is not something wrong with my tank. My tetras and cory's seem just fine, and in fact are growing and...
Here is a photo of the tank. It's been set up for almost 3 months now, and the wood is looking pretty fuzzy. The shrimp are working on cleaning that up.
Here's the female. She's not timid at all. Comes right out front whenever she feels like it to see what is going on, and stands her own...
Mike,
Thanks for the advice. These were the last two at the shop, so I was not very happy when I discovered him this morning. Thankfully, I called the shop and they said right away that they would replace it, and should be getting in a new shipment next week. Got my business after service...
Well,
The male was dead when I checked the tank this morning. I think he may have been severely stressed at some point, he never left his hiding place.
Hello
New to the forum, thought I would introduce myself. I just purchased a pair of A. baenschi to go in my 29 gallon S. American tank with a group of cardinal tetras, a trio of cory's, and a handful of shrimp.
At the moment the female is out and about, eating and exploring; but the male...