55 Gallon River Setup

[fishorama]

OK, I know your hands are dainty small (compared to my XL long fingers). But her coloring is looking very yellow in the girly way compared to where she was! I'm going to say "it's" a girl!! but she needs some extra good feeding...she doesn't look quite breeding ready just yet but very soon. Bring on some protein rich foods!

My 2 species of apisto females got much more yellow. Different species or not quite ready? I'm voting spawning very soon, within a week or 2. They both look interested now. Let's go!

 

[NoodleCats]

OK, I know your hands are dainty small (compared to my XL long fingers). But her coloring is looking very yellow in the girly way compared to where she was! I'm going to say "it's" a girl!! but she needs some extra good feeding...she doesn't look quite breeding ready just yet but very soon. Bring on some protein rich foods!

My 2 species of apisto females got much more yellow. Different species or not quite ready? I'm voting spawning very soon, within a week or 2. They both look interested now. Let's go!

Well you know if my hands are small, and the male still looks small in comparison to those, you know they're tinnnnyyy lol



Tank is definitely one of my "quietest" in terms of activity. Not a bad thing, though.

 

[fishorama]

I thought maybe with your species females don't get quite as bright yellow as some (like I have said before). But a quick search & reliable sites like seriously fish show they do. So I think your girl has a little way to go but she is a definite yellow with rounder fins, not a "sneaker" male. Like teenagers, they might not be quite done growing up but they are having "ideas". I know it's still winter but maybe some frozen treats would be nice.

I know you have a bunch of tetras in there but I could only see a few. No, I don't need dots or circling; this time anyway, lol. Your tank looks great!

 

[NoodleCats]

I thought maybe with your species females don't get quite as bright yellow as some (like I have said before). But a quick search & reliable sites like seriously fish show they do. So I think your girl has a little way to go but she is a definite yellow with rounder fins, not a "sneaker" male. Like teenagers, they might not be quite done growing up but they are having "ideas". I know it's still winter but maybe some frozen treats would be nice.

I know you have a bunch of tetras in there but I could only see a few. No, I don't need dots or circling; this time anyway, lol. Your tank looks great!

The tetras are all hiding among the vals, they've sorta done what skirts do and have picked out a spot individually and defend it from the others lol

Yeah, I've not seen anything promising yet for spawning, but that's up to them.
They eat just about everything I feed too which is great. I worried they'd be a little pickier on foods, but nothing is off limits for them. I even picked up some earthworms from the store I plan to try. The goldfish and hoplos have been enjoying those lol





And that dark marked cory. The markings in her dorsal fin are so so dark

 

[jake72]

Are your borelli domestic or wild caught ?

 

[NoodleCats]

Are your borelli domestic or wild caught ?

Unspecified, though I could email the seller and see if they know.

They came from Europe though, so I'd like to say captive.

 

[NoodleCats]

Trimmed stargrass and tops of the vals.


The apistos actually didn't seem to like that, because shortly after BOTH got bossy with the tankmates. Not excessive and it's been inconsistent, but something to monitor.





Check this out, freshwater sponge!

 

[fishorama]

Huh, I would not have guessed freshwater sponge. Of course, I had no idea that might be a possibility.

As for the crabby cichlids, nobody like change, especially territorial fish.

 

[jake72]

Unspecified, though I could email the seller and see if they know.

They came from Europe though, so I'd like to say captive.

They look off as a species which is why i asked. This was my male opal borelli:


Now there is a wide range in colouring from deep blue to blue-green to yellow-green and some have the opal pattern and others do not; but the fins look different.

 

[NoodleCats]

They look off as a species which is why i asked. This was my male opal borelli:
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Now there is a wide range in colouring from deep blue to blue-green to yellow-green and some have the opal pattern and others do not; but the fins look different.

Does age have anything to do with it? Mine are young still.

Male has a looot of yellow in his fins.

Interestingly this shop has imported European fish, as was mine (not this shop) and their fish also have the very yellow fins.

Opal Dwarf Cichlid (Apistogramma borellii sp. Opal)

Opal Dwarf Cichlid (Apistogramma sp. Opal)

redfishbluefish.shop

This is where I got mine

Apistogramma sp. opal - $13.00

Apistogramma sp. opal -

angelfins.ca

But on their fb page they said that batch of fish shipment came from Europe, and that's as much as I know.