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  1. Ben Rhau

    water parameters for resticulosa-complex?

    Hi all, Following up on my first post <linked>, looks like I have some as-yet unidentified resticulosa-complex fish. Can you please give me some guidance on the ideal TDS to breed? My params: Tap water GH3, KH3, pH 8+, TDS 138 Peat-filtered tap: TDS 104, pH 6 50/50 tap + peat-filtered tap: TDS...
  2. Harrison

    Cacatuoides Fry Instructions

    Hello! I have a pair of beautiful Cactuoides apistos that just hatched their second batch of fry. Last time their fry became free swimming, I had the two fish in a 29 gallon with dither pencil fish. I read on forums that the fry would be able to find food for themselves and that the mother...
  3. FishEZ

    Smallest tank size

    I have some general questions that I have searched for answers but have not found any clear answers. I have some 5.5 Gallon tanks (about 20L) that I'd like to make use of. Can this size house a pair of Apistogramma cichlids? Would they breed in this size. If not, why not? What can be put in...
  4. Will

    Apistogramma Breeding Strategies

    So I'd thought I'd make a post to see how others have raised their apistos. I've never found a "right way" to raise them, however I'd like to see how everyone else gets highest survival rates. on the 2nd-3rd day of incubation I remove the dad from the breeding tank. I wait till fry are free...
  5. B

    Which Apistogramma

    Hello , My Name is Dennis and I am new here. I am 19 years old and I am currently studying mechanical engineering in Düsseldorf. For the past five years I was keeping some Neolamprologus Multifasciatus but more recently I got interested in keeping and breeding some south american Dwarf Cichlids...
  6. Akraziatic

    Accidents Happen - The Cacatuoides Spawn

    The pair of young Cacs I'd set up a few weeks ago have decided to bring out some fry to show me. Though a few months ahead of my schedule, exciting nonetheless. I should know by now, that not much goes exactly to plan in this hobby. At a guess there's 20-30 free-swimming fry in a 15G dirted...
  7. Wilfried

    Hello from Venezuela

    Hello everyone... Well, after registration, I set up a breeding tank. Now it has a pair of A. megaptera exploring it's surroundings and I guess I will have tons of questions, hoping to achieve the breeding of this pair. Hope for a lot of help from this community. Regards Wilfried
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