Joe

No it's brand new... Retail shops don't usually stock second hand stuff... Is there a problem with Eheims at the moment? I set it up last night and it's running fine.

Umm... there has been a bit of "arguing" amongst them... The female macmasteri don't get on with anyone, and the male macmasteri doesn't like the agassizii. The hongsloi and agassizii are fine together. But great news - my tank divider (made out of curtain netting and a real estate sign :facepalm: ) will be finished shortly So I'll seperate the macmasteri on one side of the tank, and the hongsloi and agassizii on the other. I will get some proper glass dividers cut once I have some more money, one for the main tank and one for the breeding tank. So I will just have hongsloi and macmasteri in the main tank and the trifasciata and agassizii in the breeding tank

Came back from Christchurch with some Java fern, an Eheim 2213 filter, some Omega One fish flake, some bogwood, fish medication, some mineral cakes for my birds and a pair of Apistogramma hongsloi and a pair of agassizii

Saw a stunning male lilac halfmoon betta with peach fins streaked through with lilac at Petworld yesterday for $80 !drool:

Where can I buy a pet E.T.? I want one :happy1:

:slfg: I can make salads, cook chicken, rice, fish, pasta, make paninis, make toast and make my own curry from scatch

OK I'll just stick with the hongsloi and agassizii. Won't bother with the nijsseni or pertensis. The macmasteri are very peaceful even when they spawn from experience. They only chase away fish immediately around their area (when spawning), but they aren't too aggressive when doing so. When I got the cacatuoides the macmasteri didn't bother them at all. I have also heard that hongsloi are very peaceful. Trifasciata I've found to only be aggressive amoungst themselves and I haven't found them to bother bigger fish at all.

Been thinking about what you have said Ryan... Thinking of just sticking with the agassizii and hongsloi. That way I will have four species that are definate male/female pairs to focus on. The nijsseni (although I really want her) is unnecessary, and the pertensis aren't a guaranteed pair, most likely two males. I will have a look at them again at Organism tomorrow.

Caryl I won't be able to make it to the meeting sorry We will be coming back from Christchurch and I have fish that need to be acclimatised etc.

Maybe in a few day's time once they have settled in. They are in a poly box right now. Ryan I will be breeding them (well at least providing the fish with a suitable breeding facility. The reproduction is up to the fish...) Jennifer suggested that I move the trifasciata out of the breeding tank and use it as a quarantine tank for the new fish from Organism. Once they have been quarantined I will put a partition in the breeding tank and have the hongsloi and agassizii each in a compartment, and then afterwards the trifasciata and macmasteri if I breed the first two.

Just bought some Cabomba furcata from Petworld :happy1: :happy2: :bounce:

I was talking to Jennifer and she thinks that they should all be fine in the same tank as they are all very different types. Also its kind of like Africans - the more in the same tank, the more the aggression is spread so these guys should all be fine together. Also for anyone who is interested, Organism has a male hongsloi left and Petworld has a female. I asked Petworld if they would sell me the female but they said that they weren't sure if it was for sale or they were looking after it (there was no sale sign on the tank) and that they would get back to me but I'm leaving tomorrow. So if somebody in Christchurch wants to ask about it then it may be worth it.

Haha I'm not the only one :lol:

Also got my hands on a pair of hongsloi and a pair of agassizii :happy1:

:rotf:

Saw one of these at Organism today !drool:

You can use a breeding trap with moss, or set up a densely planted aquarium and collect the fry as you see them (one breeder in Nelson was breeding them very successfully using a small planted aquarium). They need soft water.

Apistogramma trifasciata (trio) Apistogramma macmasteri (trio) I am picking up a "pair" of pertensis from Organism on Sunday, and also a nijsseni female (I'm swapping my three male orange flash cacatuoides because they are starting to get a bit aggressive). I will see what Redwoods has too. It would be great if they had a male nijsseni. BTW the female nijsseni I'm getting from Organism is simply stunning !drool:

Going to Organism later on to swap my cacatuoides because they're all males. I might get pertensis or hongsloi or something... :bounce:

Wow the Blue Rams look amazing!

Aww cute bunnies :love:

You could maybe offer to redo the tank for them? I'm sure that would be a lot of fun I personally really enjoy redoing my tanks and also doing maintenance in other people's tanks.

Wow

Beautiful

!drool: