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Fish Profile: Apistogramma viejita
22nd Aug 2010 02:52 AM
Apistogramma Exchange Programme The purpose of this thread is to facilitate the exchange of apisto fries, adult fishes between the apisto keepers. Exchange Guidelines :- 1. Please post...
Recently, Ap. cacatuoides have been spotted in our LFS. Some of very good quality at affordable prices. An excellent chance for beginners to start venturing into apistos since Ap. cacatuoides is...
Noted that there are some basic questions on apisto keeping. So I thought that I will share a few of my setup for those who want to start out on apisto keeping. The setup and maintenance will vary...
Map of different rivers in the South American continent. Picture courtesy www.enchantedlearning.com Water conditions of the different rivers Information courtesy of...
For those of you who're interested in the names of Apistogramma specimens, you may find this useful for your reference. Do note some of these specimen names are Synonyms and not official yet. A....
Dear All, Some articles for your reading pleasure. General information Lake Tanganyika and its Diverse Cichlids Shell Dweller Sampler The Shell-Dweller Recipe: Introduction The...
Hi Bossteck You are most welcome. There are many URLs about Angelfish. Here are some of the more useful URLs which you may find them informative: ...
Dear all It seems that whilst discussing on the beloved dwarf cichlids, there is a tendency to start using short forms (non-standard) for fish names. As proper naming conventions are strongly ...
Any comments for this pair?? :grin:
Erm, it seems that both my pairs of rams are breeding now. First couple layed their eggs three days ago (the other couple two days ago) and are guarding them pretty well even from the bigger n....
Just want to share with this lesson I learnt of breeding german blue ram. This is their 3rd brood, they ate the first two brood of eggs previously. This one hatched about one week ago, I fed them...
These two seem to have paired up, but no action for months. Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us
A rather poor picture of a Mendezi gold female guarding her brood. Will try to get a better picture in time of the fries and the male, as the fries can't really be seen due to the colour...
First, i have to thank a few bro who make me now also a proud owner of a few Altum. Cross my fingers that live long enough for me to do that. For those bro who had gotten your Altum (especially...
Hello all Could anyone help guess/identify which Bitaeniata is this? Also, I am having doubts and suspect that the female is a sneaker male. Appreciate your help and thanks in advance.
hi, just set up another 3x1.5x1.5ft planted tank.. is it advisable to keep them in a tank with 100 cardinal tetras? the tank will be densely filled with plants to break the line of sight between...
Just curious, anyone knows how do the apisto male fertilize the eggs? Do they mate? or the male leave the sperm in the cave and female then lay the eggs on it?
Hi All, Just sharing my new discus with planted setup. About a week old...any comments/suggestions are greatly appreciated! PS: anyone can help ID the floating plant? bought from C328 2 x...
Hi all, Wanted to get a pair of T.candid, but lfs only told me no stock when i supposed to collect the fish. :( End up getting this pair of agassizi from JZX amk. Just curious, is this the...
I have a few discus ... any bros know how to identify the sexes of my discus Thanks Brian
Comments are most welcome Took the video in 2 different lighting.
Hello guys and gals, I went down to Ang Mo Kio on Friday to check out their apistos and saw quite a few nice specimens. The Agassizi "tefe" pair was interesting but somehow still didn't quite capture...
Gotten this today from Hong Yang. Shot taken with them in the bag undergoing preparation for release into tank. Total 10 pieces.
Hi all, Just started discus rearing after a long lay off. My current 3 pieces have not been eating preoperly, after an encounter with cloudy eye. Treated it with the blue medication and increase...
Why my angelfishs gasping for air even air pump is on? sometimes 3 of my angelfish swim up to the surface and open thier mouth like gasping for air . do angelfish behave like this? or are they...
Hi all, Would like to seek advice on the above. Currently it is a planted tank, 4 x 1.5 x 2. 7 Juvenile discus and few tetras and ottos. Do you think I can have altum juveniles together with...
Came back from work today and was just watching my fishes feed. Then something caught my eyes... I saw the mother fish bringing her brood of about fries out for a "walk" with 10 pieces of 1.5"...
Bought this pair of welhemi about few weeks ago. When first released into the tank, the female was the aggressive one, chasing every single fish in the tank. But about a week ago, she start to become...
no one keeping those cute shell-dwellers?
Bought my first pair of apisto from Hong yang. Here is the male: female:
Just to share my finding after I did feeding to this tank full of cichlids. Thought it's calcium build up on the powerhead but then at closer look, there is a pair of red face monk breeding there....
Hi, I am thinking of keeping a pair of apistogramma in a 2-feet tank. Any specific breed(s) to recommend which is tolerant towards pencilfish, green neon tetras and boraras? Thanks, Alex
Just happened to see some fries on the sandbed while feeding my apistogramma breitbinden..quite happy to see that but now quite worried as whether to take the male out or not..the female damn fierce...
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