Dwarf Cichild Photo Sharing

[awth]

Hi, everybody, I am a Newbie here and I am from Hong Kong, just to share some of my Dwarf Cichilds, hope you like them as much as I do.

Apistoguramma agassizii : has laid eggs for 5 times and each time I have no luck, eggs were eaten, most likely because they are keep in my community tank.

Apistogramma elizabethae from Wilhelm in Germany: babies just hatched for about 1 week.

[awth]

More to go~

[Th0mas]

Welcome to the board!!

Most in this board are from Australia (occassional we have experts from US visiting).

As you can see, the popularity of dwarf isn't as strong as what's in Hong Kong (comparing to AquariumFarm - I'm also a regular there). The quality and price of fish down here's isn't as competitive to what you see in HK, while space is never a problem in most home in Australia. Hence most people will go into the larger cichlids while the lack of demand further put pressure into the quality/prices of dwarf here.

These are very nice/clear photos you've taken, can you share how these can be taken? Do you require a digital camera with macro zoom? Many of us tried, and it is really difficult to take good close-up like yours (probably the reason for the shortage of photos in the board).

Cheers,
Thomas.

[samir]

Thomas,
for info on pictures, save them to your computer, right click, then click on properties, then go to summary/advanced . It will give you all the details regarding camera, focal lenght etc. hope thats of help
Samir
Here's the details for one of the pics

[Namn8r]

WOOOOOOOAHHHHH if only we could get hold of somet nice dwarves like that here!! congrats on the beautiful fish!!

[Th0mas]

Thanks Samir, but how does these technical information translate to opreating a digital camera that is pretty much a point and shoot with a max of 3x optical zoom?? I just cannot get the camera to lock in a clear focus with the fish or anything smaller in the tank.

Thomas.

[samir]

if it does not focus then you need more light. the more you zoom in the more light you need. unfortunately besides the digital slr's most digital cameras are very limited under low lighting conditions without a flash. temporarily adding as many lights as you can will probably work

[Namn8r]

Hey thomas, with digital cameras scan through the modes so that the little flower icon pops up. That is for close up focus...see if that helps.

this is from my canon 4mega pixel cam


this is from my k800i sony ericsson camera ph with 3.2 megapixel




next thing is trying to get your fish to sit still and pose!!

[wickedglass]

Beautiful Apistos, awth!
I have a pair of aggie double reds, they laid 4 times in a tank of their own and always ate their eggs. the 5th time I cracked and took out the eggs and hatched them artificially and I'm in the process of raising them now; the 6th time they laid, the female got the hang of it, but I removed the fry after 5 days as they were getting less and less.
My borellii laid eggs in a community tank and I took them out and hatched them artificially to wrigglers, then I gave them to an Apistogamma viejita female, a very experienced mother (4 successful broods), who laid her eggs in a spot the male couldn't get to to fertilise, and none of them hatched (luckily the hatch of the borellii and when her own eggs should have hatched coincided beautifully). She's now playing proud surrogate mummy to them and in the meantime I gave the borellii a tank of their own and they have laid again this morning!'
Sometimes it pays to have a spare tank kicking around

I covet your beautiful agassizii, what strain is it?

[TW]

awth, absolutely gorgeous fish. Wish I had something as nice as yours.