Bananalobster
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hey amazonian. they are apparently a hybrid by the name A. sp. "Steel Blue", made in singapore or something? Females being very difficult to find. Im still crossing fingers that I have a pair, the larger of the two is quite aggressive though. it may be because they are in a small 50x35x35 (by themselves) though. moving them to a larger 180L soon.
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Thankyou Jettin! Dont have a light for any plants sorted out yet but will have lots of terracotta pots, rocks and driftwood designed for these cave spawners. Would beach sand harden the water and/or make it sway to the higher end of the ph scale? have some leftover from my mbuna tank so thought I might be able to get away with using instead of buying extra. What do you think?
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Heya, yet another question... I was wondering if it would be possible to have a breeding pair of kribensis and a (possible) breeding pair of blue apistos in the same tank.. tank size would be 84cm L 44cm W 41cm H.. (Approx 160L-180L)? driftwood and lots of rocks for hideyholes provided.
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Hey all, just a little observation here... Everyones tank pictures have their heaters on funny angles.. I thought you had to have them straight up and down? Whats with that?? lol?
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Let me know if you get some fry to the sexable age hands.. would love to be one of the few with a pair.
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hmm whenever I let him out of the breeding trap and leave him I come back to find him cowering behind the sponge filter. When I put him back in it and feed him he eats like a pig so I dont think hes getting injured.. Yet. Maybe I should have stuck with the original cheaper idea of keeping kribensis lol. If anyone is looking for a female wonderworld aquarium reckons they get one in ten males.. None left now but maybe next time.
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Just them to in a 50cm L by 35cm W by 35cm H. double sponge filter and an internal at 150lph. Ive got him in a large breeding cage im a bit worried. I might just keep the one male and see if I can ask the petshop if I can have first dibs on any possible females being ordered in.
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hmm yes I did find that appisto site in my wonderings.. The smaller one was being kept behind the sponge filter when I woke up this morning Do you think I should wait it out a week or so and see if things settle down? I only got them yesterday.
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Thanks hands! Oh dam, I thought I got a pair but Im not sure.. The more colorful 'male' is shaking his body at the supposed 'female'.. Do males do this to eachother? He is keeping 'her' in a corner, which I didnt think was a good sign... 'she' has also got suspiciously pointy fins too, although not as bright, perhaps a younger less dominant male?
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Heres a better one, very much like this.. http://www.israquarium.co.il/Zmani/A.%2 ... 20blue.jpg
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Wait I found one kind of like it.. But it doesnt have a pointy face like this.. http://www.aquariumfish.net/images_01/a ... d_w240.jpg
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No camera sorry... Googled it but I cant find any pictures that look like what Ive got.
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Nobody knows then?
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Just went down to the lfs in Rotorua and they have some gorgeous little blueish dwarf cichlids... their name is Blue faced apisto... Read a post on this site about the issues with using the wrong names with these lil dudes.. Mine have wobbly blue stripes on their faces, blue sheen all over with a steel blue/grey body.. Any idea what they really are?
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Neat, thanks I might give it a go. Be nice to have a couple of open water fish to keep the tank nice and active.. Always wanted some tigerbarbs but I always had bettas in my tanks... Not a good mix I would say hehe.
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Oh okay.. amreican cichlids like acidic PHs though right? Not sure if it applies to me or not, seeing as mine like alkaline. Pity though theyre so pretty and playfull.
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I was reading a few of the posts on here and apparently it encourages the fish to come out a little more, mine hide sometimes when I have visitors and such. Just thought it might help.
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Is it possible to use tiger barbs as a dither fish for africans? They look nicer than rainbow fish I think.. Just wondering if their are other options, my tanks ph is 7.6 temp is 24 degrees.
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So when they have fry it wont be big enough? Oh well. I used to have a pair of kribs when my big tank was full of community fish. Gave them to other fishy keepers when i decided to go for some yellows though. Awesome little fish.
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hahaha my partner wont be happy to hear that!! I have a bigger tank with some electric yellows and I was going to use the little tank for the fry untill they got big enough to swap back to the petshop, but i just cant catch the holding mum to put her in the tank! Ive made a big rock wall along the back of the tank and siliconed it to make it safe. Bad idea
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Hello all, this is my first dumb question on this forum lol.... I have a spare tank that is about 60cm long, 40 cm wide and 40cm high... Is this big enough for a pair of kribs?