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Cconfused_aquarist replied to the thread Every single fry is dying..I got a first survivor in weeks! This fry took 3 weeks to hatch and another 5 days to be free-swimming and another day to start feeding...
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CI have always found A. christyi, cognatum and polli really hard to differentiate. 3 weeks is very slow. All of mine have been very...
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Cconfused_aquarist replied to the thread Every single fry is dying..Well, mine probably aren't the most beautiful (the picture quality is poor too). They're actually "Nioki Mai-Ndombe", so they do...
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CMai-Ndombe is a lake in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It's blackwater, very blackwater, with a pH of around 5. I've bred one of the...
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Cconfused_aquarist replied to the thread Every single fry is dying..That's interesting. Mine would just lay on the bottom for days and I have to move them to check if they're still alive. They're always...
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Cconfused_aquarist replied to the thread Every single fry is dying..In the previous hatch of A. cognatum, I had 1 true belly slider, actually because the fry are transparent I can easily see that he...
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CIn killie breeding circles, they're called belly sliders. Why it happens is debated, because it strikes in different conditions...
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Cconfused_aquarist replied to the thread Every single fry is dying..That's awfully interesting. Our tap water does sometimes have a strange smell (sort of like nasty plumb piping smell), though I'm not...
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CI discovered that our local water supplier chlorinates the reservoir every Friday because residential demand peaks over weekends...
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CThere is either something wrong with the water or the fry are starving. However, if they are dying within a few hours of hatching it's...
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Cconfused_aquarist replied to the thread Every single fry is dying..It's strange since you mentioned that filter needs to be maintained every month, I used to do maintenance every month but switched to...
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CFor the past few months, I've been breeding Norman lampeyes, clown killies, and A. cognatum, and maybe it's beginner's luck, but out of...
