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  1. Corie Dora

    trying to spawn eunotus

    I was recently aquired a pair of apisotgramma eunotus. I set them up in a sand bottomed 10g tank, with several flower pots a few plastic plants and a sponge. A few cories were with them as they were purchased at the same time. In a few days it appeared that they had spawned, the female was...
  2. Corie Dora

    deformed ventrals

    I have a batch of around 60 cacatuoides juvies, and it appears that nearly all of them have deformed ventrals. Some are missing them entirely, some are missing just one, and most of them have one or two deformed stubby little ventrals. Other than that these fish are doing great, and are large...
  3. Corie Dora

    sunken belly and clamped fins

    I have a female cacatuoides which underwent a day of stress a few weeks ago when a heater failed. The tank temp dropped from 80F to 60F overnight. I was able to slowly raise the temp the next day, but she has been losing weight ever since, and now has a clearly sunken belly. She swims with...
  4. Corie Dora

    belly sliders

    I'm looking for as much information as possible on belly sliders, and wanting to know what if any, are people's experiences with them. My experience:I had a batch of cacatuoides last month, only 6 fish survived due to an accident. All of them what I *think* are belly sliders. They are all...
  5. Corie Dora

    Motionless wigglers

    I have a female caca who has been guarding a clutch which was spawned 7 days ago. I can easily see into the cave; there are only 10 wigglers as there was an issue with an extra fish accidently being in that tank on day 3. Thus far, I have only seen one of the wigglers move. They all just...
  6. Corie Dora

    How long should I wait?

    For a pair to spawn? I put two conditioned females into a divided tank each on their own side. Tank is bare bottomed, with a little java moss, weighted down vals, free floating loose plants, 2 flowerpot caves (one sideways, one inverted) and a sponge filter on each side. It is a new setup...
  7. Corie Dora

    keeping multiple species

    I'm currently keeping/breeding just one species of apisto, and I'm interested in keeping more than one. Is it possible to keep several males of several different species, with no females present, in a medium sized heavily planted aquarium? If possible, I'd like to keep a few males this...
  8. Corie Dora

    dithers

    Is it absolutely necessary to use dithers with a.cacatuoides? I just made a double breeding setup, for which I planned to pull some tetras from my community tank for dithers, but I just CANNOT catch them for the life of me! One of the females seems happy, but the other is 'lurking'...
  9. Corie Dora

    tank divider/breeding setup

    I'd like to make a double breeding setup inside a 15g tank by putting a tank divider down the center. If possible, I'd like to make my own divider. I have a quantity of window screen which I've successfully used inside of aquariums for various things in the past. If I use this to divide the...
  10. Corie Dora

    When to start bbs

    How many days after noticing a clutch of eggs, should one start a bbs culture? Thx Corie ;)
  11. Corie Dora

    To remove eggs or not to remove eggs?

    I have a pair of cacs which have spawned in a 35 g planted community tank. There are both tetras and cories in the community. Currently the eggs are on the underside of a rock cave. This is the first spawn from this pair. I would *really* like to get some babies from them, and I've had...
  12. Corie Dora

    mixing varieties? Yes or No?

    I have some nice triple red cacatuoides females but no males. I can obtain double red males from a club member, and OF from LFS, but no 3X red males. Would it be terrible thing to cross my triple reds with a double red? And what if someone added a YG to this mix? Just curious :)
  13. Corie Dora

    rising kh and ph

    My ph has risen from 7.4 to 7.6 and my kh from 71.6 (4) to 107.4 (6) over the last week. I'm sure that everything inside is inert. Some of the equipment and the substrate was previously in a hard water tank...perhaps a small amount of calcification on those things is enough to drive this...
  14. Corie Dora

    Apistos in Toronto?

    Heading to the city and want to tack 'fish finding' onto the agenda. Anyone know of any shops which carry apistos? (and hopefully some nice plants, cories and tetras too) Corie=^..^=
  15. Corie Dora

    Rainbow slate calcareous?

    Anyone know if rainbow slate is safe for softwater tanks? thanks Corie=^..^=
  16. Corie Dora

    This water ok?

    I've just set up a new planted community tank and I'm wondering if the water parameters are good. I've been keeping A.cacatuoides for a while but would like to try a new species now, as well as some hatchetfish, rummynose and some of the more delicate cories. I haven't added peat or anything...
  17. Corie Dora

    where to buy breeding stock

    Hello, So, now that I've 'gotten used' to my apisto cacatuoides....I'm investigating the purchase of a few pairs of cacs with good solid lineage. I've heard of some places that you can order them online from, but can't seem to remember where they are. Any tips? Corie=^..^=
  18. Corie Dora

    AquaBid Gone?

    Is it just me, or is anyone else unable to open www.aquabid.com? I was just there yesterday, and now I haven't been able to open it all day.
  19. Corie Dora

    two apisto sp. in one tank?

    Is this possible/advisable? I'm currently keeping A.cacatuoides(one pair and 3 juveniles) in a 35 g fully planted display. Could I also keep another species (I'm interested in A.nijsseni) in there too? Or would they either fight too much, or interbreed? I don't want either of those things...
  20. Corie Dora

    sexing cacatuoides

    Hello all, Its been a while since I posted....and I finally have some young apistos...well, just two, but hey, I did it!!! So I have 2 fish which are a little over 2 cm, and are 3 months old. Just within the last week, I noticed they've both developed black markings on their ventral fins...
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