Your Favourite Apistogramma!

[Blue Whale]

Hey guys and gals,

thought you might be interested to subscribe to this thread and read.

Maintaining Temperature
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/forum...ng-Temperature

[doppelbanddwarf]

For those interested, there's a nice pair of borelli opal at Y618. Nice red and blue markings on the face on the male and a healthy plump female at an affordable price too.

[marle]

Hi guys.

I chanced upon this fascinating thread at apistogramma.com.

http://www.apistogramma.com/forum/in...tus-fry.12365/

I've been Dying to post this here where somebody might get a kick out of this.
Here's the short story. I set up this 40 l for my 4 adoketa at my store to try to get a pair out of them. After a short while the tank also housed a few other residents for show. I have a 125 in the window with some Prolific Vieja Zonatus who've hatched about 500 fry. Since I'm already raising 250 of them from the last month I decide to start feeding the fry to my store fish. Enter Adoketa! I dumped 30 or so fry in the tank- the fish went crazy. A. Cacatuoid was eating 2 at a time Adoketa momma tried one, spit it out immediately, rushed the other fish eating them and rounded up the other fry and claimed them as her own. It's now a week later and she still has 17 of the fry and her mate also cares for them. She Mouth cleans them, chews up food and spits it at them and guides them around the tank for feeding.

These fry (if you don't know zieja zonatus) will grow 30 times her size.. lol. On the bright side, maybe caring for these babies will inspire her to actually make some of her own after I take them away- I just can't do it yet- It's too cool to watch.
HEre are some videos you might enjoy.



In the last one you can see the cacatuoid munching fry and the blacklightning movements of the adoketa



Read more: http://www.apistogramma.com/forum/in...#ixzz1tsZJiWKE

[stormhawk]

Thanks for sharing the links Marle. Did not expect the caca male to chow down on the fry so happily.

[barmby]

You live in amazon? how come i heard cricket chirping?!

[alfredliow316]

Marle,

Interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[stormhawk]

@barmby, the videos were taken at an LFS overseas. They are not marle's videos but from the user Aquatopia on the forum link given.

[marle]

cheers bros..

[marle]

Recently got a pair of... Wild Caught Apistogramma Diplotaenia!

[barmby]

Congratulations. Aggressive little fellow. Where did you got it?

[Jitticus]

Congratulations, Marcus! Glad to see you've emerged from under the radar.

[marle]

Congratulations. Aggressive little fellow. Where did you got it?

Hi barmby, i got it from a supplier who brings in apistogrammas. Let me know if you need his contact.

[marle]

Congratulations, Marcus! Glad to see you've emerged from under the radar.

Hey Jit, long time no see. you are missed! Yeah, are you still keeping these?

[Jitticus]

nope, lost them long time ago. got some fry of agassizi tefe, hongsloi II and steel blue. Adults are all gone hehe.

[marle]

nope, lost them long time ago. got some fry of agassizi tefe, hongsloi II and steel blue. Adults are all gone hehe.

you are another breeding king.

[barmby]

Jitticus, I'll look forward to seeing you in Aquarama 2015?

[marle]

just wondering.. what type of food do you feed your apistos?

[joopsg]

I feeding them pellets, brine shrimp, FBW.

[marle]

anywhere selling diplotaenia?