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Ive always been abit confused about all the different types of jewel cichlids.This one has been bred consisently by a breeder for 10-12 years and is sold as H.lifalilli but according to the Sydnet cichlid group "at least six species, namely, H. guttatus (bimaculatus), H. lifalilli, H. cristatus...
Im just wondering which group/groups of Apistos express haremic polygamy the best.Im keen to see this phenomena.I have quite a few of the njisseni group which I gather tend to form pairs
I was sent these by one of our wholesalers to breed under the name Taeniatus Nigerian yellow from Germany
Male has a red gill plate making him not a Nigerian yellow,so I gather.They are pretty with big ocelli,but I assume they are an aquarium developed hybrid
Unfortunately they will be sold as...
Just wanting to make sure these are the real thing.The only reason Im concerned is that they have spawned at a very small size relative to their ultimate size.They are 3.5-4.0cm
Your all probably getting sick of us insecure Aussies putting up pictures of our Apistos.Its just such an amazing resource with so much misidentification out there.
I purchased 2 pairs of "juruensis"Im assuming they are sp.black chin but would like your opinions.They are only a few hours out of...
I use rainwater for my Apistos but also have a very soft water supply,but its initial pH is 8.5.
I find it easy to get a tank to sit at 4.0 or so with peat extract +-pH down but I have alot of trouble with pH 6.0-6.5.Which I assume is because my water has no buffering capacity.
What is the best...
Ive been concidering breeding some taeniatus variants and wonder which ones are tough and best avoided.Ive spawned keinke which was no great challenge.Moliwe is one that I may have access to.
Are taeniatus fry best left with the parents like Apistos to react to maternal signalling??
Im looking forward to tomorrow when i will be receiving 6 small A.barlowi,what I understand to be the mouthbrooding Apisto.
They will be going in a tank with bottom area 2x3ft.Initally to water will be moderately soft pH about 7.0 but this can be altered as I have rainwater tanks,peat,IAL...
Im due to get 6 of these fish next week.From my reading they seem abit tricky.Ive prepeared a large flat tank(2x3x1ft high)filled it with sand and rainwater and put a bucketful of Ketapang "tea" in there so I can hardly see the back.Will put the usual hidey holes and ketapang leaves in next.III...
I recognize a fair few of Aussie names
Ive kept fish for ages and have dabbled on and off with Apistos and have spawned a dozen or so.
Im seriously into rainbow fish but since there was a threat to essentially eliminate the importation of Apistos Ive started to collect a few
I run 108 tanks...
Heres a picture of one of my "steel blues" although in Australia for some reason we call them "Neon head"
How do you sex these guys,I have 6 2 of which are slightly yellow and not as colourful as the others and are very aggressive
These Ive guessed are males