jacian's diary of keeping Apistogramma

[jacian]

No plan on what to do with them yet but first I think I need to start doing some culling.

[Zenislev]

No plans to sell them?

[wingwa77]

Culling? Why not give them a chance, trust that alot of members are interested.

[Panut]

how do you intent to cull them? maybe we should start a brand new thread on the best way to cull fishes

[exotic_idiot]

No plan on what to do with them yet but first I think I need to start doing some culling.

Hopes culling solve your problem.

No plans to sell them?

If he wants to sell, he won't think of "culling"? Unless anybody wants to buy fries from him?

Culling? Why not give them a chance, trust that alot of members are interested.

Yeah.. Why waste their life?

[jacian]

I am not culling them just to solve my problem. For the start, I am looking to cull only those with stunt growth. They are about only 1cm while the majority is already 3cm big. I believe the best is to put them down. For the rest, I will keep them for another month or two before deciding what to do next. In fact, I have just acquired another 2 2ft tanks to accommodate them.

Trust me, I love every single one of them and will not be wasting their life just like that.

[Quixotic]

Discussion on the methods to cull fish is consolidated to this thread, http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...ad.php?t=41831

Also, please kindly do not post to ask for fish in the Freshwater Fauna forums. This does not provide any added value to the husbandry of the fauna.

This can be done easily via private message (PM) instead. So please kindly use the PM functions for these private requests.

If we were to have 100 posts of asking for fish in these threads, it will quickly degenerate the value of the threads (having to sift through 100 unnecessary posts).

Many thanks.

[exotic_idiot]

I am not culling them just to solve my problem. For the start, I am looking to cull only those with stunt growth. They are about only 1cm while the majority is already 3cm big. I believe the best is to put them down. For the rest, I will keep them for another month or two before deciding what to do next. In fact, I have just acquired another 2 2ft tanks to accommodate them.

Trust me, I love every single one of them and will not be wasting their life just like that.

Like me too.. Need alot of space if want to keep them all.. I too have some fishes also face same problem like yours.. I know betta face stunt growth but apisto too?

Discussion on the methods to cull fish is consolidated to this thread, http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...ad.php?t=41831

Also, please kindly do not post to ask for fish in the Freshwater Fauna forums. This does not provide any added value to the husbandry of the fauna.

This can be done easily via private message (PM) instead. So please kindly use the PM functions for these private requests.

If we were to have 100 posts of asking for fish in these threads, it will quickly degenerate the value of the threads (having to sift through 100 unnecessary posts).

Many thanks.

Ok noted, but let me know if you're deleting my post first before delete it, right? I will feel that i'm not welcome in the forum...
Thanks in advance..

[mobile2007]

You might want to try this, separate those with slower growth to another tank. The larger fish tends to bully or snatch the food from those weaker one. This will create pressure for the weaker one. Also, they might be female fish.

If they still unable to grow, then you might want to consider culling them.

[exotic_idiot]

If those are the females.. If you really cull them so you will just left with males is it? I too got a feeling they are females... Females grow more slower and smaller in size. We'll just keep feeding them, when they truely grows up will keep whether is it worth culling them. But for my case, i still won't support the idea of CULL..
Let's leave it to mother nature..

[jacian]

mobile2007, thanks for the suggestion, will definitely try that out.

[jacian]

My new Ap.bitaeniata "Careiro"

[Zenislev]

Very nice bitaeniata.

[Panut]

nice bitaeniata. where did you buy it from?

[illumnae]

brought in from taiwan? i've been hunting high and low for bitaeniata for ages with no luck

[jacian]

Yes, I got it from Taiwan. Hopefully it can survive well.

I got some Dicrossus filamentosa too but due to my bad handlings, I lost most of them.

[illumnae]

next time you got taiwan lobang can help me get?

[jacian]

Some updated pics,

My Apisto agassizii F1 alpha male





My Apisto sp. "Miua", quite big and fat now

[jacian]

Below is my new addition, want to guess what specimen is it?



When flaring

[Panut]

Juvenile Apistogramma bitaeniata?

cheers,