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RE: A. elizabethae
I've spawned mine both as a pair in a tank 20 gl long and in a community
set-up. (a 30 gl Tank). In both cases I used only tap water (6.9 ph and
moderately soft), temperature 81 degrees. Did weekly water changes of
25-50 % and, like you, fed only frozen blood worms and live black worms.
I don't feed frozen Brine! (Not nutritious enough!). Same type of set up
(java moss, anubias, two caves and a piece of drift wood. That's all I
did.. If you have any questions contact me off line!
Good luck
Sal
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From: owner-apisto@v2.listbox.com [mailto:owner-apisto@v2.listbox.com]
On Behalf Of The Haunted
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2003 2:00 AM
To: apisto@listbox.com
Subject: A. elizabethae
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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