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  1. Griz

    A. hongsloi

    Finally managed to get a decent pick of my male.
  2. Griz

    Another peat question

    After using granular peat in my filter for a couple years I finally began experimenting with the real thing; 100% Canadian peat (the stuff that looks like dirt) I've been experimenting in an empty 15 gallon tank for several weeks and now I want to start doing this on a bigger scale. After...
  3. Griz

    Neolamprologus multifasciatus

    I was messing about with my camera and took these pics of my shell dweller tank. Unfortunately the fry wouldn't cooperate. :( Still having trouble photographing my South American tank as the heavily stained water and low lighting makes it tough to get a decent picture.
  4. Griz

    Apistos for harder water?

    The last of my trio of cacatuoides has passed on of old age (had them for nearly 3 years) and so I'm looking to add some more apistos. It's a 33 gal planted community tank and although I enjoy watching their mating behaviours, successful spawns are not a priority. What would be some good choices...
  5. Griz

    What to do ?

    I'm looking for advice on what to do with my community tank. It's a 33 gal 36x12x16, moderately planted, rocks and lots of driftwood. It's a community setup which originally housed a trio of cacatuoides. My male and one female passed on a couple months ago and I am left with a female who is...
  6. Griz

    Trying to learn from my loss

    I recently lost my male cacatoides (Orion) and I'm wondering if this was a natural death or something that could have been avoided. He was about 2 years old and became reclusive and did not feed. A few days later he hid under a piece of bogwood where there is a fair bit of room. One...
  7. Griz

    Female cacatuoides developing male colouration

    One of my female cacatuoides is now about 16 months old. She has always been a very colourful fish, but more recently she has begun to develop some male colouration traits. She now has orange on the dorsal, caudal and anal fins as well as some of the typical black/red pattern found on males...
  8. Griz

    Cacatuoides courtship behaviour

    I'm hoping to gain some insight into some odd behaviour I have been noticing with my cacatuoides. I have a trio which is now about 16-18 months old and in good health. They produce fry regularly which are eventually picked off by their tankmates. (I have no desire to keep the fry) ttmale...
  9. Griz

    A. cacatuoides fry in a community tank

    What to do... I've been keeping a trio of cacs in a community tank for nearly a year now. They have bred regularly but the resulting fry never last more than a few days before becoming fish food. At least 8 from the latest batch have made it for more than 2 weeks now (since I noticed them)...
  10. Griz

    Dehumidifier water ?

    Been wondering about this for some time now... I have a good supply of water from a dehumidifier and wondered about using it in my community tank which contains A. cacatuoides, firehead tetras, neons, one-lined pencilfish, and corydoras. My tank water is pH 7.8 / GH 9 / KH 6. The...
  11. Griz

    Cacatuoides coloration

    Just curious. My male cac (which is about 5 months old) has continued to develop black & red coloration on his caudal fin. It now covers about 2/3 of it. Today I noticed spots on the rear of his dorsal begining to develop. He also is developing a nice blueish color on his pectorals and...
  12. Griz

    My tank

    I recently got back into fishkeeping after about 15 years and happily chose to build my community tank around a trio of A. cacatuoides. Also, I'm a long-time 35mm photgrapher who recently aquired my first digital camera. The tank has only been set up since late October and the tank has...
  13. Griz

    Leaves - oak etc

    The thread about almond leaves got me to thinking. Are there other leaves that would tend to lower pH besides these two? I use small oak leaves and although they don't seem to have much effect on my pH, I like the way they look, they last quite a while, and my apistos and other fish seem to...
  14. Griz

    Is this overstocked?

    I have a 33gal, 36x12x18, planted tank, filtered with peat, several pieces of driftwood, rocks and oak leaves, sand substrate. At the moment there are 16 neons, 4 false network corys, and a trio of A. cacatuoides (1m/2f). I would like to add some otos and dwarf pencifish. (Or one of the other...
  15. Griz

    First timer with Apistogrammas

    I've been doing a lot of research about these interesting fish and I have decided to get some for a recently acquired 33 gallon tank. (36x12x18) There is a good shop near me that has a tank full of juvenile A. cacatuoides, about one inch long. I understand that these are a good variety to...
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