Re: Books, and many questions

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

David,

The best books on dwarf cichlids are not published in English. "Cichliden Atlas"
[Cichlids Atlas] by Uwe Römer is the best out there right now. Unfortunately it
has been promised in an English for about 2 years now & I doubt that we will see
it until late this year (if at all). The best English language book is probably
Linke & Staeck's "American Cichlids I - Dwarf Cichlids. I understand that it will
be discontinued once the current printing is exhausted. In German they already
have a newer edition (1997) and plans for another new one soon. The Aqualog book
"Southamerican Cichlids II" doesn't provide much information, but it sure has
photos of a lot of dwarfs (about 10% misidentified). Mayland & Bork's book "South
American Dwarf Cichlids" has some good points. It is newer and discusses more
species than Linke & Staeck's book, but doesn't provide as much information and is
more expensive.

With apistos the male is usually dominant until the females start breeding. Once
the females have eggs or fry they become dominant. Have the females turned yellow
yet? If so, look for eggs/fry.

Look in the back of aquarium magazines under live foods. You should find someone
who sells them & willing to ship. Their initial price might be high, but once you
have a culture the cost of reproducing them is fairly low. I, too, shy away from
black worms & other live foods that come from less than pristine environments.
It's much safer to culture your own live foods.

Mike Wise

david lim wrote:

> Hey all, could anyone recommend some good apisto books for a newbie with
> apistos? I have some beautiful borelli in a 10 gal tank doing quite happily.
> Mike West-- they seem to really enjoy the cladaphora. In fact, the females (2)
> will chase the male from the two patches i have laid out. The females seem to
> be more dominant than the male :). is this normal? also, anybody know of a
> good place to get a grindal worm culture, nobody in my town seems to have any.
> My apistos right now are livin off of brine shrimp and flake food. i'm a
> little wary about feeding them black tubifex.


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