Your Favourite Apistogramma!

[marle]

Here you go Jit. Vid quality not there i know. will take a better one when they are housed in their new tank.

[Jitticus]

From the first video, the smaller piece flaring at the dicrossus should be female. the other one, not known.
From the 2nd video, there's a possible 2F 1 M combo there.

[Jitticus]

The best way to find out is when they turn aggressive - the female's belly and throat turns intensely black/ashen and the bars connect to the black patch. In the male, the bar doesn't go all the way to the belly and he always looks slightly less intensely colored compared to the female, but his golden irids are slightly more widespread.

[alfredliow316]

Marle,

received a big Ang Bao from boss this year? so many nice new fishes.....

[bernie]

haha i agree with Jit, it looks more like a trifaaciata to me too. thick body line, round tail. tall dorsal, and a bluish face last but not least the thin line which runs to the anal.

Yes it's a trifa. Apart from the telling marks, its face look very dffierent from what i used to keep before
It does look like a guttata to me.
Lesson learnt, colour can vary but markings stays.

[Apistoinka]

Seems like all know... Hope to see more of Apisto lover show their fish here...

Another pic of it...

[marle]

thanks for the info jit. The big ang bao never seems to come alfred..

Anyway, came back home and have a problem..

The dumb adoketa went to swallow the cory HASTATUS! @$!!$. now.. the hastatus is like stuck in its mouth. I believe it can't spit it out..

[apisto31]

This is really an interesting behavior! Never heard them feed on fishes as big as pygmy cory! I thought they would only prey on worms and small insects. Probably the cory forced its way into Adoketa's mouth?

[marle]

Things are not looking good. The Cory is permanently stuck in its mouth and I can't remove it too.

[Apistoinka]

Bro try push the Cory out by opening up the gill and push the Cory out from the gill... It might work bro...

[barmby]

wow. huat ah! this is another thread for future lesson. as long as it fits.. everything goes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[huhengyi1986]

I think apisto pebas and apisto papagei(parrot) looks amazing with their colors!

[bernie]

Sharing my Apisto Papagei spawns.

[Apistoinka]

Nice spawn there bro... The colour are awesome... Thanks for sharing...

[marle]

Sharing my Apisto Papagei spawns.

Happy Lunar New Year Bernie, nice pictures of your Papagei(s).

Your spawn should be able to breed anytime.

[marle]

Anyone has a male Adoketa to let go? I might have 3 females!

Also, if you are keen to get a pair of healthy adult breeding Apisto Kelleri(One of the two mouth brooding apistos) to try breeding them, do let me know also.

Am catering some space for some species.

[alfredliow316]

Things are not looking good. The Cory is permanently stuck in its mouth and I can't remove it too.

Mark,you'll need to try open the adoketa's mouth and try remove/cut off the fins of your poor Corydoras.O

[apisto31]

Hi Bernie, nice Papagei! How old are they?

Marle, you mean the male adoketa choked to death? Have you tried JZX? If they still have, you should be able to get per piece but chances of sexing them is a challenge. Good luck bro.

[marle]

Hi all, thanks for the concern. The choked adoketa is good now. i have safely removed the stuck cory. I was jumping for joy after the "operation" was done.

Ronwill gave some verbal assistance:

Die or dead, either way you know now, to mix larger & pygmy fishes is a boo boo combination.

To save the glutton (what is it anyway??), hold it securely in a towel to minimize movement and injury (to you and the fish). Use a scissor with fine tapered blades and slip it in till you feel the hastatus's pectoral fins (yes, both have to go). Cut off pectorals or cut up body, whichever deemed necessary. Remove carcass, look at it, learn from it and move on.

Keep the glut in a smaller tank and dose with anti-bacterial meds for a day or two and observe it's conditions. To trigger feeding, bribe with live foods.

Get an assistant for the task if pride allows and don't forget to update post-op results.

Towel the glut and hold it down on it's side with your palm, against a flat surface (eg. table top or equivalent, at comfortable height). Dummy flat, head/mouth facing right, if you're right handed, as if you're de-boning a fish.

Cutting up the hastatus and leaving half inside won't help much if the pectoral fins aren't removed. These lodged pieces might cause further injuries to the Nannacara's mouth and start an infection. The carcass will rot and don't expect it to just pop out by itself.

If you can, splice the upper half of the hastatus length-wise, into smaller pieces or whatever size you can manage.

Traumatic experience, no? Who said fish-keeping isn't exciting and yes, having the right tools will help, including a sharp pair of manicure scissors

Ah! Its done! Heeded ronwill's advice. Held the fish tight between 2 towels, squeezed the cheecks slightly and open the fish's mouth. Yes, it wriggled and struggled, put the pinchers in and removed the remaining half of the cory's body.

It was instant relief for me and hopefully the fish. Now the fish is suffering a clamped fin on its side.. hopefully it'll recover.

The stuck remnants of the cory.

More details here.http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...at-Should-i-Do

[huhengyi1986]

My favourite, as they are my only pair, for now

Can u guess their breed?