M1dzj3T
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- Reykjavík, Iceland
Hi all!
Let's begin with a long intro
Started apistogramma almost exactly a year ago and had kind of a rocky start with a panduro pair that began by not eating and then fighting and so on. sadly the male died after a few spawns and I bought a new one which didn't like my female and killed her. I bought him a new female that was quite big (the older one was very small) she turned yellow right away and found herself a cave, everything seemed fine until 2 days later she had her mouth wide open and couldn't close it and died within six hours.
In another tank i had a trio of "Cacatuoides double red" which I later sold because i decided i like the natural color forms better.
for a few months the only apisto I had was a fry from the panduro pair that refuses to eat anything that is not living and therefore grows very slow.
in December I got myself a pair of Baenschi which is now living in a Juwel Rio 180 which is set up as a blackwater community
also housing:
15 cardinal tetra
9 glowlight tetra
7 Dicrossus filamentosus (I think, at least a checkerboard but none have full color)
5 black phantom tetra
5 Otocinclus sp.
1 apistogramma panduro fry
1 farlowella acus
The pair has spawned like a clockwork on 14 day intervals but first now did they have a successful spawn and the female has been guarding fry for over a week now and still keeping them alive!
Tonight I visited a friend and got a trio of Borellii "Bella Union" which he caught himself and now they are in their own 15 gallon tank. Ten minutes after arriving the fish are eating microworms, displaying and looking at coconuts. (the photo is taken just after release)
Let's begin with a long intro
Started apistogramma almost exactly a year ago and had kind of a rocky start with a panduro pair that began by not eating and then fighting and so on. sadly the male died after a few spawns and I bought a new one which didn't like my female and killed her. I bought him a new female that was quite big (the older one was very small) she turned yellow right away and found herself a cave, everything seemed fine until 2 days later she had her mouth wide open and couldn't close it and died within six hours.
In another tank i had a trio of "Cacatuoides double red" which I later sold because i decided i like the natural color forms better.
for a few months the only apisto I had was a fry from the panduro pair that refuses to eat anything that is not living and therefore grows very slow.
in December I got myself a pair of Baenschi which is now living in a Juwel Rio 180 which is set up as a blackwater community
also housing:
15 cardinal tetra
9 glowlight tetra
7 Dicrossus filamentosus (I think, at least a checkerboard but none have full color)
5 black phantom tetra
5 Otocinclus sp.
1 apistogramma panduro fry
1 farlowella acus
The pair has spawned like a clockwork on 14 day intervals but first now did they have a successful spawn and the female has been guarding fry for over a week now and still keeping them alive!
Tonight I visited a friend and got a trio of Borellii "Bella Union" which he caught himself and now they are in their own 15 gallon tank. Ten minutes after arriving the fish are eating microworms, displaying and looking at coconuts. (the photo is taken just after release)
