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    What happened to my fry?

    I have a 10 gal with my pair of breeding Cacatuoides. Now I had a brood of fry that where approx. 3-4 weeks old now they are all gone or at least I don't see them anymore. I never removed the male but he didn't seem to snack on them, besides the female kept him away. I have a large clump of...
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    Breeding in big verse small tanks

    Why is it that my triple red cacatuoides prefer to breed in a specie tank of 10 gals verse practically a specie tank of 75 gal(this tank has 4 white cloud minnows). I don't get it they have more room more shells/pots to choose from. This tank(75 gal) is overgrown with vegatation so plenty of...
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    Breeding A.Cacatuoides

    My question is,is it wise to break up a breeding pair? Heres my dilemma, I have 3 tanks: 125gal densely planted community(pair of cac's,trio of Trifasciata's and various tetras), 75gal densely planted(pair of Cac's and white clouds) and 10 gal with a pair of Cac's only. None have bred for...
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    Apistogramma Biotope

    Does any one actually know what a Peruvian or Amazon biotope or aquascape looks like? I would like to set-up my 75gal Cacatuoides breeding tank up like it would actually look like in the wild, but I have know clue what it looks like. All I know is there is alot of tree roots that extend down...
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    Where to triple red cacatuoides?

    Does anybody know where I can find really nice triple red cacatuoides? I mean full dorsal,cuadal and anal fins red quality. I have two pair but they just have a little red in all three fins. I've ordered from apisto dave in Oregon, thats the little red in the fins. The best quality I have...
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    2 cacatuoides pair in a 75 gal

    I have a question. I'm switching from a breeding setup(4, 10 gal tanks) becuase its just not working out for me, to a 75 gal tank. I have a 40 gal which houses 2 pair of a.panduro's which live harmoniously and a pair of a.aggasizzi. In my breeding setup I have 2 pairs of triple red...
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    white junk on wood

    I recently purchased a couple pieces of wood from my lfs. I put them in my tanks and they have developed some sort of white slime, does any one know what this crap is and how to get rid of it?
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    Where to find?

    Does anyone know where I can get some A. sp. juruensis? I am hopefully going to try and find some source close to the west coast.
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    Does anybody know

    Does anybody know where I can get this fish? http://www.aqua-base.com/apistogramma/gallery/sp_cacimbo.html
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    Cacatuoides monogamous

    Are cacatuoides monogamous? I have a pair that have breed in a ten gallon and I removed the male to my 125 gal that is heavily planted with a different cacatuoides female and among 3 other different apisto pairs and since I have put him in this tank I have not seen him. He is the largest fish...
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    A.Trifasciata

    I apologize in advance for the lack of pictures, I don't have a digital camera. I just took pictures with regular camera tonight(4-18-05). Maybe in afew days I'll post them. My question is I have two pairs of Trifasciata's one pair the male has a yellow face with blue speckles throughout the...
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    Apistogramma bitaeniata

    How do you tell the difference between a male and female Apistogramma bitaeniata? Is the male the only one with blue in the face? Of course this is outside of breeding dress. Thanks
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    sodium bisulfate for lowering ph

    What does anyone think about using sodium bisulfate for lowering the ph. Dangerous or not? If not where do I get it? Thanks, Scott
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    Heteranthera Zosterifolia aka Stargrass

    I got this plant about two weeks ago and it looked fine but now the tips are turnining black. What does this mean. My tank parameters are as follows: PH 6.7, gh/kh 2, Temp 79-80deg. I use R.O. water only, I have CO2 unit and lighting is at about 3.35 wpg. I don't seem to have any problems...
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    java fern and co2

    How does java fern fair in a CO2 enriched water? My friend told me that I shouldn't put java fern in my tanks that I'm running CO2 on.
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    yellow cacatuoides female

    I have a question, my yellow cacatuoides female is always fat looking. Like she is always full from eating, but I only feed once a day. So I know I'm not over feeding. I'm wondering if apisto's get malawi bloat. But she is always willing to eat. Every now and then she will turn her gold...
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    Panduro female always yellow

    Hey guys and gals, I have a 125 gal tank that is densely planted. The other tank inhabitants are 5 cacatuoides (2m/3f), 1 Borelli, 6 cardinal tetras,5 sae's, 19 amano shrimps and a pair of panduro's. The ph ranges between 6.8-7.0, kh 0-2. I use only r/o water that runs thru peet. My...
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    oak leaves lowering ph

    I have an r/o unit and I am using that water in my 125 gal apisto tank. But I had some lace or bowl rock in my tank which raised my ph to about 7.0-7.2. I realized that my panduro's only ever seem to be in the mood to breed at 6.0. So I read that oak leaves lower ph, my question is which oak...
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    how many fish

    I have a 125 gal tank that is heavily planted. How many more fish can I add. I already have 2 panduro(1m/1f), 5 cacatuoides(2m/3f) and 1 borelli male. Oh also have 6 cardinal tetra and 4 white clouds. I'm looking to add another pair of panduro, would this be advisable?
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    A.panduro possibly having fry

    I have a pair of panduro,a trio of A.cacatuoides and a A.borelli in a heavily planted 40 gal with no results over the duration of about 3 months. Then this weekend I switched all of them with the addition of another duo of A.cacatuoides to my 125 gal on saturday. But I hadn't made enough...
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