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  1. Tom C

    Newbie questions

    I would appreciate if you would elaborate on this a bit, Darrel!
  2. Tom C

    ID request - A. commbrae?

    Yes, of course, Mike :)
  3. Tom C

    ID request - A. commbrae?

    Remember this A. cf. cruzi form, Mike, from San Rafael (Rio Curaray/Napo, Peru)? The red/pink is on the lower lobe...the orange on the upper. After seeing the lateral band so clearly, and the dorsal fin, I of course agree to put boofeng's fish the A.-macmasteri-complex. But it for sure has...
  4. Tom C

    Keeping Apistogramma viejita with Dicrossus

    You are right. We were at the type locality of A. viejita: and we collected a few A. viejita: There were some other species there too, Copellas and others: and also these: so putting a few Mikrogeophagus ramirezi in there would be more natural than adding a Dicrossus species...
  5. Tom C

    Who can give me a picture of the apisto sp D50

    Apistogramma might appear very different, depending on their mood and the environment they actually stay in, so several decades of experiences have learned me that it's not only difficult, but often also quite unreliable, to compare fishes from a few photos. However, as I've never observed 3...
  6. Tom C

    Who can give me a picture of the apisto sp D50

    I have a few photos of the Apistogramma sp. "D50" (Alto Vaupés II) at my site, too...
  7. Tom C

    Apistogramma id confirmation

    In addition to the more or less "man-made" forms, there exist quite a few forms of the A.-macmasteri-group and -complex in the wild, too. We collected some of them recently: http://apisto.sites.no/page.aspx?PageID=123
  8. Tom C

    Apistogramma viejita with a red "shoulder"?

    I have dirty glass in my A. viejita tanks too ;) These are F1 from the type locality too. As you see, the big male in the middle has developed some of the same colors as yours, and so has a couple of his brothers. So this seems to be a natural color variation within this species... You...
  9. Tom C

    A. macmasteri redneck

    The fishes I collected in the Rio Pauta drainage, Colombia, less than 2 months ago, seem to fit quite well the original "Red-Shoulder"-fishes, except for the red in the caudal... A. sp. "D33": A. sp. "D34": Seems to have got Measles :D : Collected in pH 5,4, on the 30th of January...
  10. Tom C

    Decapsulated instant brine shrimp eggs for feeding

    I use them a lot, but to adults and juveniles who are more than 1 month old. Just remember to soak them at least 15-20 minutes prior to dosing! These eggs are completely dry and swell when they absorb water. If this happens inside the stomachs of small fry, they will simply die. But of course I...
  11. Tom C

    Apistogramma sp. Tame

    The fishes from Autana, Venezuela? A friend of mine collected them (in Venezuela), brought them home to Norway, and gave them to me... But there shouldn't be any problems to get/order A. piaroa from Colombia.
  12. Tom C

    List of A-numbers with current scientific name

    Come on guys. You know very well that collecting apistos is not like a vacation; it's very hard work!
  13. Tom C

    List of A-numbers with current scientific name

    :D
  14. Tom C

    Apistogramma sp. Tame

    Well Well, I show several of them in Apisto News at my site
  15. Tom C

    Borelli vs Panduro

    Apistogramma belong to the tribe Geophagini, which means that they "eat earth". This is a very frequent and natural behavior, they will normally sift the substrate almost all day long. And when breeding, they will dig up the sand to make the cave opening just big enough to let the female enter...
  16. Tom C

    Another new Apistogramma has been described

    The Apistogramma sororcula has been described by Wolfgng Staeck & Ingo Schindler: Apistogramma sororcula, a new dwarf cichlid (Teleostei: Cichlidae) from the drainage of the rio Guaporé in Bolivia and Brazil
  17. Tom C

    Rio Guaporé biotope

    According to Staeck, they are found in the Río San Martín, which is a huge tributary to the Río Guaporé. So yes, they are found in the Río Guaporé drainage.
  18. Tom C

    Rio Guaporé biotope

    All these are reported from the actual drainage: Chalceus guaporensis Tetragonopterus argenteus Cyphorcharax spp. Metynnis argenteus Metynnis spp. Serapinnus spp. Gymnocorymbus ternetzi Pyrrhulina cf. australis Prionobrama filigera Aphyocharax alburnus Aphyocharax rathbuni Aphyocharax anisitsi...
  19. Tom C

    Collecting trip

    Impatiently looking forward to read this! :)
  20. Tom C

    Apisto ID please :))

    This fish has a slightly serrated, dorsal fin, rounded caudal fin colored orange in parts, an orange spot at the insertion of the pectoral fin (characteristic of the A.-eunotus-subcomplex), split vertical bars 5 and 6, pearlescent blue inside the caudal spot, and a blue gil cover. To me all...
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