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Hey there, was looking through the pics and the fish actually looked rather like Apistogramma paucisquamis to me :confused:
Is anyone here able to expound on the differences between A. mendezi and A. paucisquamis please? I'm actually considering getting some paucisquamis; worried i might be...
I'm presently keeping a wild pair of sp. Abacaxis in a one foot tank, pH 5.2, and they've bred for me twice now. The male is very aggressive, just make sure the female has hiding places and she should be fine :)
Just a week after i posted this question, the female gibbiceps spawned! :biggrin:
Maybe if i post more questions about all my apisto pairs here they'll all start spawning too?!! haha
I see... using the other diagnostic traits, i think the female is indeed A. gibbiceps :biggrin: i was wondering why they alone of my 4 apisto pairs have not bred, and was worried they were different species. Thanks Mike :)
Hey there guys, was wondering about A. gibbiceps and A. roraime: are they separate species, or simply different colour forms of A. gibbiceps?
I was observing my pair of wild-caught A. gibbiceps "Santa Izabel", when i realised that the female has the vertical markings on her caudal fin which...
Thanks a lot Mike.. it is as i feared :frown:
i'm unable to get photos of the female, as these photos were the ones sent by the importers, who very kindly took them to help me properly identify the fish.
i guess i won't be buying this particular pair after all.
Hey guys, i'm presently looking for Ap. papagei, and have located a young pair being sold as Ap. Algodon I. I am however unsure if they are Ap. sp. papagei or Ap. sp. "Pebas"... i know the H-shaped caudal marking is diagnostic of Ap. sp. papagei, but this fish is too young for the H marking to...