Re: A. elizabethae

[curtisminbc@canada.com]

The Haunted,

I emailed you at your Hotmail regarding
your information for apistos in BC,
Canada but you never replied.

LMK what is up.

Curtis M.

On Sun, 25 May 2003 06:00:18 +0000, "The
Haunted" wrote:

> 
> 
> Hey everyone,
> 
> Does anyone have experienced spawning
> Apistogramma elizabethae?
> Ive been having trouble, here is what
> ive done and what I have set up incase 
> im doing something wrong right off the
> bat.
> 
> I have a nice pair of elizabethae from
> Oliver Lucanus, i believe they were 
> collected in Uaupe...
> They are in a 15 gallon planted tank
> with lots of pots, pvc, coconutshells, 
> driftwood, java moss, anubias nana,
java
> ferns. There is one little 1inch 
> random gourami type thing in there to
> make them want to spawn and protect.
> The ph is about 5.5 right now,  Im
using
> pure R/O but I added a little HCL 
> to bring the ph down and I hear that
> adds something to that water as well 
> that increased the tds? There is some
> peat in a sleeve as well and the 
> filter is a sponge filter.
> 
> Ive tried about three times now, when
> the female looks fat from eating live 
> black worms, bbs, frozen brine shrimp
> and blood worms, and frozen daphnia, 
> and the male is displaying and shaking
> around her. I have done a 50% water 
> change and when adding the water had
the
> ph around 4.5 once, 5 once and like 
> 5.5 another time. Anyway the female has
> gotten a little bit yellow but then 
> nothing happens.
> 
> What am I doing wrong? it is probably
> obvious and im missing it. ohwell...
> 
> on the plus side I have too agassizi
> spawns , a ram spawn and two sp cara 
> pintada spawns. so that is something...
> 
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