danval

Thanks guys Im really happy with how this breed turned out, particularly since I only got one fry off my last lot of corys

Nice work fishyNZ. I also used to find these easy to breed once you get a good pair. Also the Apisto Trifisciata were also easily bred.
Do you have any other Apistos?  There doesn't seem to be much variety here in NZ at the moment...

Very nice  I have a group of 9 juvenile steel blue apistos and am looking forward to when they may start breeding for me  

Tank update (left side only). They breed easily and almost continuously. Several third generation fry are growing up already.
 

Here's the tank setup; 6-foot and slightly over 300L.  It is subdivided into two sections: one has a pair of apistomac, 5 black neon tetras and an L140 pleco whilst the other, a trio of apistomac, 5 black neons and an L140 pleco as well.

Approximately day-30; fry have been separated and are growing up nicely.  Also eating good, have tried feeding repashy as well and they just devour it.

 

While the introduced fish like trout and salmon are considered more important than our natives they will have about as much chance of survival as our native lizards and frogs while people believe that cats should be free to roam and prey on whatever they fancy. Our values are a wee bit out of wack.

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.

I used to feed the egg yolk mixed with green water. Feed sparingly otherwise you will foul your tank.

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.

Apistogramma macmasteri pair

 
 

Some nice Macmasteri at Redwoods. https://www.facebook.com/362922040384854/photos/pcb.1089211377755913/1089210584422659/?type=3&theater
 

Hi all. 
 
Firstly I would like to thank our Club President Dave Dalziel for organising the molly hunt in Tokaanu last weekend. Dave's enthusiasm and commitment to club made this an enjoyable weekend. Hot pools were also great. It was a very enjoyable weekend and we also had other FNZAS members turn up. We also visited the Tongariro Trout Hatchery and for those who haven't been there I would highly recommend you go there. A bit wet and horrible weather but that didn't deter us from hunting mollys. Walking in the thermal swamp mud up to your knees was fun and there were hundreds of molly. I myself had some here at home and will be willing to pass them onto new homes once they have acclimatised and have grown.
Plenty of photos on our Facebook page
 
 
Also we will be having our October Tank crawl on Saturday 17th October so start preparing your tanks
 
We will be having our September meeting on Thursday 1st October at the Waikato Commerce Club starting at 7PM. 
 
Please come along and support the club.
 
Subject: Questions and Answers night. Come along with any questions you have and we will attempt to answer them. Usually on these nights we all learn a lot more about fish keeping. 
 
We will also have a sales table so bring along anything you want to sell.
 
 
See you there
 
Trevor Collins
Secretary
Waikato Aquarium Society

Awesome stuff. Havn't seen many of these around in a bit.  Hope fully things work out and you can breed them

No non at the moment. Something killed off my Tri's - bodies bent and not wanting to eat.

Looking at setting up breeding tanks once I get my stuff sorted and find some good suppliers again.

Some photos of my apistogrammas (testing image attachments):
Apistogramma agassizii male

Apistogramma trifasciata pair

Apistogramma cacatuoides male

Apistogramma panduro