We have been working on some BAP Projects lately, and after a number of false starts, finally are hopeful about this batch of Mikrogeophagus Ramirezi.
Here's a brief video showing a bit of the daily care required to make it through the first several weeks:
Okey dokey. I'll aim to put some in for the November auction. The only reason I haven't before is because these 'pure' cultures invariably become contaminated by other creatures over time if you're not raising them under laboratory conditions. Every 6-12 months, one or more of the cultures crashes because something with a bigger mouth got in there and ate 'em all up. If this happens, I dump everything into a bucket with leaves, bark, and java moss to make a 'high-octane infusoria blend' and feed that to fry. In the meantime, I sterilize everything and start over with new cultures which take a few weeks to get established. The cultures I have now are relatively new and going strong.