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Hi OohFeeshy, IMO I would probably go for either cacatuoides or borellii with the water you have. But if you are willing to push the boat out and get an RO unit the list of fish are endless and they are come down in price a 50 gallon unit will only set you back about £80 and is well worth it...

Apistogrammas female are some of the best protectors of there fry in the Cichlid world there care can last up too 3 months. It is also possible to have fry of many different ages in a tank at the same time. However I think the fish you are talking about is Neolamprologus brichardi witch is from...

Have ready in more than one thread by more than one person on that A. cacatuoides should be kept in trios IMO is a little bit miss leading. I'm not say they can't be kept as trios but that they can equally be kept as pairs. Most breeder use pairs as under because it is easyer to raise the fry...

There is absolutely no reason why you can not just keep a pair cockatoos in a 40g tank. I have kept and spawned cacatuoides under many different conditions and have never had a problem with pairs as long as the tank is large enough and has plenty of cover. I would just like to point out to...

Let me show you another one being dyslexic and keeping fish is quite normal. I'm dyslexic myeslf and so are many others that i know. Its one thing i have found quite strange. I think someone should do a study on it one day.

Yes you should be able add a male aggie in there without any problems.

There is the possiblity that they have spawned and she is protecting the fry though i would have thought you would have seen them if not she may well be getting ready too spawn. What your water like there?

It really depends on the size of the tank they are going to be house in. As they are all cichlids they all have their Territorial needs. Apistos and rams have permanent territory's but angles only when it come to spawning. Again the number of fish depends on the size of the tank they are going...

The thing is carbon does remove chlorine and chlorine and is quite good at it too. However By the time the filter has got rid of the chlorine and chlorine the damage will already of been done. What I find really annoying is that companys can get away with miss leading claims.

First off you need to get 3 buckets One larger than the other 2. Drill some holes in the base of the larger bucket so that the water can run thought into one of there smaller buckets. Put some filter floss into thew bottom of the the larger bucket then fill half way with peat. Place on top of...

When it come to RO water it is true that for many fish it can be very toxic. I use straight RO with my Apistos but I do filter it though peat this lowers the pH and adds a little of what the RO unit took out. This still leave me with water that has a hardness of about 24 ppm so soft it will not...

Well its because they speak a different language when a south American Cichlid say i don't want to fight the African see it as I want to fight and visa versa. But there are also water chemistry issues with the lake cichlids from Africa. which is why you should not keep lake fish and river fish...

Yes it's help full to the point its not too hard which is good lets just put it this way down here we are at 26 on the Clarke scale. You should be able to get a some very nice water for your fish by filtering it though peat or by adding peat in the filter. Really just need peat. If you want me...

http://www.nwl.co.uk/content/yourWater.asp...=36&collapse=91 have a look here should i hope have your water listed.

One thing I would say don't buy anything untill you check back here there are many ways of getting the right water without it costing to much. I will run though the best methods with you when you find out what your water is like.

Yes he should be able to let you kniw what the water in your area is like and if you take a sample he may also be able to test it for you.

The best size tank is as large a tank as you can buy. But as long as you stick to the rule of 12"sq for every inch of fish you should be okay. So lets say you have twenty fry and you want to get them up to an 1.5" you would need a tank of about 360"sq or a 30" x 12" tank. You also need to do...

If you really want to get into apistogrammas and would like to breed them then you really should think about getting an RO Unit as you live in london where the water is about as hard as it gets in the UK. RO Units are not that exspensive as they where a 50 gallon a day will set you back about...

What the water like up there?

Yes hatchets and most small tetra and pencil fish make good tank mates. What apisto are you thinking of getting?

Could i first off ask where you live? Nanacara anomala are great little fish and are a good beginner fish as long as your water is not to hard and alkaline. You tank size is fine and you could keep 1 male and 2 females in there. The tank should have a fine substrate with bogwood, rocks and...

Well pH and hardness is only really important for breeding. However some apistos will not live as long in hard alkaline water, though the two species you have will be just fine. You may also find that your cacatuoides may even spawn successfully. If it was not for you pseudotropheus coulis...

I will post it tonight when i get home you should get an answer off of Mike Wise he know his stuff.

Hi if you would like I will post the pics for you and you should at least be able see the results if nothing else.

I am sorry if you consider this agro. May i ask what make me a newbie is it the number of posts or the the lenght of time i have been on line. Also I usually only post when there is something i can add or if i feel there are fundermental inaccuracies in a post from someone else. Quality not...

Can i just ask how you came to that decision and what evidence you have for that dicision. I myself would have to say Apistogramma cf. resticulosa "Mamoré Blue and the fish in you pics are of different fish. When it comes to panduro and nijsseni they both show there diagnostic melanin patterns...

Dwarf Apistogramma agassizii Apistogramma bitaeniata Apistogramma baenschi Apistogramma cacatuoides Triple Orange Apistogramma eremnopyge Apistogramma gephyra Apistogramma juruensis / Black Chin Apistogramma pertensis Apistogramma panduro Apistogramma macmasteri Apistogramma sp. “Apache”...

In many things there are two schools of thought and both can be equally valid under some circumstances. I send alot of my time advising people on how to keep dwarfs. The advise I give I know, will work 99% of the time. But there is still that 1%. My final word on cichlids is any advise given...

Well for me it is time and money and the wife. She's not all bad as she did let me build a fish house in the back garden witch contains 32 - 4' and 16 - 5' aquariums. It took a year and £10000 pounds but for me it was worth it. Next project is a tropical pond built round the patio going to be...

Dwarf Dude, Where did you get the fish from how Identified them for you?

I have to agree and you have done the same the fish in your pics is a nijsseni. The photo below shows a panduro male. Panduro do not show a spot at the caudal peduncle. Panduro have a black blotch witch extends into the caudal fin and ends at a point. Also the first 3 to 7 rays of the dorsal...

Hi Seb BBS can be fed to apisto fry as soon as you see them free swimming. I strain mine though a pair of tights and rinse in a bowl of tank water by dunking the tights in and out bout ten time and let it drain. Also only make enough that you will feed in 3 day. After this time the BBS have...

Nice pic what type of cac are they. No they don't eat the eggs they need to be hatched.

Hi Seb Well congratulations. What Apistogramma do you have are they in a community and how long has the tank been setup. When I spawn mine i alway leave the male in with the female. Though it may appear that the female does not want him around she's really just telling him to go and do his...

Hi domino1804 Well with a tank that size as stated above you will have to go with dwarfs. but there is still quite a chiose out there for you. If you are after somthing diffrent something you will not see in the shops then go to dwarfcichlid.co.uk. Have a look check out the fish on the net.

Did you find some fish if not I know a breeder in Henley On Ardon

Yes that is Apistogramma "Steel Blue" believed to be a hybrid and you will only ever find Males.

Take a look for apistogramma sp. "steelblue".

I agree Pelvichromis are relatively easy to breed and are very interesting fish. However getting a good sex ratio is however quite complicated being that it has more to do with ph than temp which is the most important requirement for Apistogrammas. Also it can some time be difficult to get a...

The south east or at least Thames water area is very hard. I live in High Wycombe, bucks the water for the tap has a TDS of over 340ppm. Adding rain water will reduce the hardness of your water. Yes all the fish I listed and the ones lucky62 on list are good community fish.Lateacara curviceps...