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Thank you for the information, so if I pass any of the offspring around, should I label them A. sp. aff. agassizii Netz or just keep it A. agassizii. I just read in Romer's book, Cichlid Atlas 1, that all the wild color forms of agassizii can show up in offspring from other locations, not sure...
Hi, I received a young, wild group of A. agassizzi about a year ago, they supposedly came from Brazil. Reading about all the different locations that agassizzi are found in, I'm just wondering if the location they were collected from can be narrowed down a bit. They are a yellow form, I think...
Hi, I have another dilemma. I originally got my wild elizabethae group at my local cichlid club rare fish auction and the fish that were in the auction were sourced from a local wholesaler. The some of the apistos were incorrectly labeled. I'm confident my group is elizabethae but someone who...
Thank you so much for that amazing information, I really appreciate the time you took with your reply. I will either place them in my large South American community tank or try to sell them to someone. I won't try to add a female, you confirmed my fears of adding one.
I received a group of young, wild, A. elizabethae about 5 months ago. All five I believe are males, there is one individual smaller than the rest that I thought might have been my lone female but it's tail has become lyre tailed like the others, I'm doubtful it's a female. My question is, if I...
Thanks so much, do all elizabethae males have that lyre tail and its just that in some photos the caudal isn't fully open or do some localities have the agassizi like spade tail?
Hi, doing more research, I am seeing some with lyrate tails, most of the photos in my books, they looked more spade shaped, similar to agassizi, I'm more confused now, thinking they could be elizabethae
Hi, another group I believe has been mislabeled, they were supposed to be A. elizabethae but they have a lyrate tail, which I think elizabethae lack. I have Romer's books, but there are a number that look similar and I'm not confident in my ID skills. Could not get a picture of any females, but...
Hi, i got a group of Apistos that should have been wild A. paucisquamis, but are definitely not. I'm pretty sure they're agassizii, but would like your opinions.
Thanks
I'm somewhat new still to Apisto's, having spawned and raised 4 species so far. Tonight, observing a pair of A. cf. eunotus 'Orangeschwanz' F0, female with a brood of fry, while the full lights were on, the male was in what I would describe as sub-dominant coloration, dark, vertical barring, and...
Hi, I still haven't been able to get a great shot of the male but I did get them to spawn for me. Seems like a huge spawn to me, but I've only spawned a few other species, this was the largest brood by far that I've seen, at least 30+ fry, not sure if that helps with narrowing down the ID. From...