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Here is the pic. Don't ask about the address, it's a long story . . .
http://skinheads.net/~beatskin/March%2015,%202003.jpg
This photo appears in David Boruchowitz's book "The Simple Guide to Freshwater Aquariums" It's a cute book, but the photo credits are lacking. I was just curious what...
I know that many of the apistos sold as pairs are actually siblings, often from the same spawn. To what point can you breed sibling apistos before there are problems? I sold five sub-adult borelliis to a friend in town, and he was skeptical that they could be bred b/c they are from the same...
Is it just me, or are cacatuoides more aggressive than rams and borelliis? I have one male in particular - his colors are fantastic - that is a mean old snaggletooth. Likes to eat babies, too.
I am new at this breeding thing but I am trying to get a system established, and I want to hear what your systems are.
First, I put a pair of apistos in a 10 gallon tank. No substrate, but plants attached to driftwood, some caves, and a sponge filter and heater.
Second, they spawn. Yay...
Do any of you dwarf cichlid fans out there have a favorite commercial fish food brand that you use? I feed my apistos baby brine shrimp, but I would like to wean my older-baby fish onto something not so labor intensive (if they are still hooked on brine shrimp when I eventually bring them to my...
My tapwater is very hard and alkaline, but with all the driftwood I have in my tanks, it gets down to 7.0 (6.8 in the plant tank) and my fish (neons, rams, cacs, and borelliis) all spawn in it (getting babies raised is not as easy, of course). Not being satisfied with 7.0, I thought I might...
My six baby borelliis are about 3/4 of an inch long, and sooner or later they will be getting new homes. A couple of people at one LFS expressed interest in buying them, but I have no idea what kind of going rate to expect. Talking money or trade value is pretty awkward. What would be a fair...
I came in to check on my Borellii babies and the water was nearly 70 degrees! My heater had stopped working during the night, and the tank was freezing. I played with the dial a bit, saw some blue flashes in there, and then the heat came back on. So far it is still working. It is made by Hagen...
I put some plants up for sale on Aquabid if any of you are interested. A. reineckii and baby tears. Not to advertise or anything.
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?liveplantsb
Okay I'll go first.
Angelfire will not allow me to post an image directly - :? - so I have to give you a link.
http://www.angelfire.com/fl5/eva32181/leftview.html
I want pictures from all of you!
I am in the middle of tackling a major Ich outbreak, and it has claimed one of my cacatuoides and three of my rams, as well as several neons. I think all of my surviving fish have all turned the corner with the disease and are going to make it. Now I just have to complete the treatment to...
I guess I've really been bitten by the apisto bug. I want to try a breeding tank for a pair of cacatuoides. A few questions:
Filtration - I like my Aquaclears, but will they suck up the babies? Does putting a coarse sponge pre-filter over the intake really help? Or should I do a sponge filter...
My cacatuoides are doing well, but I'm having trouble telling the girls from the boys here. A few of them are clearly males, very large and colorful, and one is definitely a female - she's bright yellow and guarding fry. But there are others in the group that are not as big as the big males, but...
Last night I discovered baby cacatuoides in my 55g community tank. :D The mom is guarding them fiercely in a corner of the tank. They are free swimming but still very small.
Would it be best to leave the babies with her, or transfer them into a breeder box hanging inside the tank?
Can...
I can't believe they spawned - I didn't expect them to at all. I was just lazily watching the male swim around when I noticed his caudal fin was torn. I thought, "gee that female's getting mean." Then I noticed she was hiding in a little cave in the tank. "She's been hiding in there a lot...
Last night after rearranging the tank decor and doing a partial water change, I took a look inside my tank after the dust had settled and saw two proud Ram parents gaurding eggs! :D
This just one week to the day after arriving in the mail from Neil! The other pair of rams in there, which...
Yesterday the fish I ordered from apistogramma.com arrived - they are all doing beautifully! I got two pairs of rams and several juvenile cacatuoides for my 55 gallon tank, and a pair of borelliis to put in a 10 gallon bare-bottom tank with plants tied to driftwood.
The rams are great -...
I mentioned this to Neil in my last message to him and he said I should post it here. When I woke up this morning (well it was one in the afternoon, actually, but morning for me) and took a look at my fish tank my neons were getting cozy in the cabomba. I don't know why, they just felt like it I...
Hey everybody. I took some new pictures of my planted 55 gallon tank. Here is the link if you're interested:
http://www.angelfire.com/fl5/eva32181/
Soon to be home to apistos, if I can only figure out what kind I want, how many I want, adults or juveniles, basically I'm just confused. I...