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  1. Frank Hättich

    Is this a male or female

    It's a male mendezi.
  2. Frank Hättich

    Male or female mendezi

    Younger A. mendezi can be difficult to sex. In general the tips of the soft parts of dorsal, anal and ventral fins should be less pointed/elongated as in males, females should show less pronounced pattern in the caudal fin and the metallic bluish markings on the head should be less pronounced...
  3. Frank Hättich

    Male or female mendezi

    It's a male.
  4. Frank Hättich

    Help with ID

    If you mean abdominal stripes, yes.
  5. Frank Hättich

    Help with ID

    I have very strong doubts that this fish is from the Orinoco let alone from the Orinoco delta! I have added a bit of contrast to the picture: Of course, it is not possible to be 100% sure from such a picture but my guess is that your fish is A. norberti. The features that make me think so...
  6. Frank Hättich

    Apistogramma borelli "opal" males issues

    Darrel is right, your fish are certainly not A. borellii. They look like a form of A. (cf.) caetei to me and they are both males.
  7. Frank Hättich

    Need help identifying this male appisto

    Yes they are mendezi.
  8. Frank Hättich

    These wild fish are not A. cacatuoides, or are they? Please help.

    Yes. For sure and afaik the work hasn't even begun in case of A. cacatuoides. That's one of the main reasons for the "cf.".
  9. Frank Hättich

    These wild fish are not A. cacatuoides, or are they? Please help.

    Your fish are either a form of A. cf. cacatuoides or A. juruensis. However, it seems that your male has a small orange spot near the upper edge of the caudal fin. If so, it's A. cf. cacatuoides. Do you have any information on the catch location?
  10. Frank Hättich

    ID help, please

    Yes. The large one is a male the small one I can't tell for sure.
  11. Frank Hättich

    ID help, please

    They are A. steindachneri.
  12. Frank Hättich

    D24 How to improve Color?

    Most noticeably on the head. I never kept wild nijsseni-group fish,. so I don't know what happens to the red in their caudal fins. If it was subadult when you got it, it's color will of course increase while maturing. The question is, will it become as colorful as it would have been in the wild?
  13. Frank Hättich

    I.d. Help

    Yes it's A. sp. Steel-blue and all pictures show males.
  14. Frank Hättich

    D24 How to improve Color?

    Yes, my wild Apistos did get a good diet but the red coloration nevertheless did fade. Of course, fish from a shop are usually kept in "less than perfect" conditions and therefore don't show all their colors unless the conditions improve.
  15. Frank Hättich

    D24 How to improve Color?

    Unfortunately not in my Apistos.
  16. Frank Hättich

    D24 How to improve Color?

    I don't know because I don't know the reason for the fading in Apistos.
  17. Frank Hättich

    D24 How to improve Color?

    My experience with wild caught Apistos is that over time particularly the red coloration fades more and more. I didn't found a way to stop or even reverse this.
  18. Frank Hättich

    Help on identifying Apistogrammas

    Reducing the amount of red in the picture a bit, makes it obvious that the left fish is in fact a macmasteri "Gold":
  19. Frank Hättich

    Is this a male A. sp. "Ipiranga"?

    Then I'm quite sure that it's a female.
  20. Frank Hättich

    Is this a male A. sp. "Ipiranga"?

    What size is it?
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