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  1. Oh bugger... that can be the way with Apisto's sometimes. As I remember you got them when in pretty average condition... 

    I still think the nicest Apisto's I have seen in NZ would have to be the Hongsloi. Jennifer Hamblin from Christchurch managed to breed some but lost most in the big quake. I managed to get a pair (1 male from Jennifer and a female from Auckland ) but the female was already in poor health and died soon after. Still waiting for the next shipment of Apisto's :(

     

     

  2. I would start feeding them soon or they will all disappear...  I have had success with microworms and egg yolk mixture when free swimming. Small brineshrimp are probably best but I have never tried. I followed up with daphnia and newly hatched mosquito larvae when they were a little bigger.  I have successfully raised numerous species of Apisto's using the egg yolk and microworm procedure.  Good luck.

  3. Good luck with them Alex. The last time I spoke to Debbie at Redwoods she did say it was unlikely they would be importing any Apisto's so maybe the Trifasciata were locally bred? And vwboy77, shipping does make it expensive. Can be good if there are a few people wanting fish from the same store then you can share shipping costs :D

  4. We ended up getting a professional in to spray around the house as the ant poison just seemed to be feeding the ants...

    It turns out that the ants were nesting under the house in between the fibreboards and the black insulation paper.

    There were literally handfulls of dead ants that had fallen to the ground from here.

    The professional did say that we would never have got rid of them with the poison.

    I suppose it depends on how big the infestation is.

  5. Cheers Jamie. Yeah I think there was Panduro around up here earlier on but no sign of anyone breeding them... Apisto's appear to be a high risk fish for importers so you can't really blame them for not bringing them in.

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