Judging by the behaviour of the female Apistogramma veijita (darting in and out of cover, very alert, bright yellow and black), it’s most probable that the pair have spawned. Busy day today for me. My house is for sale and there is a viewing later on today, so I’ll try and get some footage posted ...
Well, it didn’t take long for me to realise that the six Buenos Aires Tetra (Hemigrammus caudovittatus), that I’ve had for about a week, are way to lively and hungry to have a place in my aquarium. They are lovely little fish, but just not right for my “apistogramma tank”. I found myself having to ...
Here comes a bunch of information for anyone interested in keeping Apistogramma viejita. More information on this species will be appearing at regular intervals as I get to know my new fish :) Origin: South America: Rio Orinoco basin, in the upper Rio Meta drainage in Colombia. Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) Order: Perciformes Family: Cichlidae ...
I popped into a pet shop on the outskirts of town. I knew that they had a few aquariums, usually filled with the usual common kinds of fish; tetras, guppys, angelfish etc., but this time my eyes fell upon some interesting little fish. “What’s this?” I thought to myself. “oh, what nice little fish!”…”Wow, they’re ...
I last posted about my Nannacara about 3 weeks ago. At that time I was patiently waiting to see if their eggs had hatched. Unfortunately there was no luck there. Well actually, it’s not really a case of luck. Like most cichlids, the Nannacara become good parents to their young. It just takes a while ...
I’ve been peeking (extra carefully) into the aquarium now for the last 5 or 6 days. Still no sign of the fry. Judging by the behaviour of the female, the little fish are there somewhere. Both the parents are frequently returning to their nesting area under the wood. It’s normally the female that chases away ...
A nice surprise awaited me when I went to feed my Nannacara today! At first I wondered why the dominant female, normally first to the food, wasn’t making an appearance. Then I noticed her just hanging around the exact same piece of wood. Her colouring and markings much more prominent. A flutter of excitement hit ...
It’s been quite some time since I changed water in this tank. Around about 6 months to be honest! And to make matters worse, the aquarium lighting was nearly never on. Now in most cases that would just be a complete aquarium disaster. The plants die. The ammonia, and nitrites reach dangerous levels. The fish ...
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