Re: [Killietalk] Aphyosemion ogoense

["Nick Ternes" <woodland_gardens at gmail.com>]

If you can't get the ogoense to do their thing in your water, try A.
primigenium.  It's starting to look like I will be over-run with these in
the next year, as I have dozens of fry currently.  Water is 68F 250ppm
hardness. I'm just keeping them in a shoebox with a ton of java moss and
najas in it.  I have a 5 gal with about 3 dozen fry, and there are probably
another 3 dozen or more with the parents.  This is the first Aphyosemion
I've had any real success with, and I've tried about a dozen others that are
supposedly easy.  Of course we're moving in 3 weeks and my water will
probably be completely different and everything will change. :p

Nick Ternes
Port Washington, WI
WAKO
AKA


On 3/4/06, Duane Wake <dwake at iopener_net> wrote:
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> Hi,
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> A. ogoense has been an ideal fish for me to keep in my cool basement where
> the unheated tanks are running at 62-64 degrees. I have had for some time
> the A. ogo. GHP 80/24 Mongouango stain that have not been any problem to
> keep and have distributed them to the club meetings and shows. My water
> comes out of the carbon tube filter at 6.5 ph, 80-100 GH with the chlorine
> removed and by doing 50% water changes at least once a week seems to keep
> them comfortable and producing eggs. Feeding has been, frozen BS,and blood
> worms, white worms and lately blackworms.
> This is a beautiful coolwater fish that is easy to bleed, I hope this
> helps.
>
> Duane in IN. where it is warming
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> Joseph S. wrote:
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> > Anyone here keeping these guys? I've toyed the idea of some coolwater
> > Aphyosemion and these seem pretty nice/available. However, water here
> > is ph 7.5 and GH/KH around 8(I'm not sure how accurate my tests were
> > on this one). Temps between 60-75....depending on time of year(right
> > now all my unheated tanks are at 60ish) I know in the wild they live
> > in water with practically zero hardness...so is this too much to ask
> > of them? If they aren't suitable, any other species you might
> > reccomend?
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