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They have been in Sydney before and an old apistophile Thomas in Sydney had some success with these fish.
I can't help with the fair price question - I think it is high, but they are not common so..... Persoanlly I have access to a great shop up here in Brisbane who indulges all my needs.
Two bigger experts han me have said female......
I think boy due to lack of defined black particularly on the ventrals and too much blue hue throughout the fish.
One thing for sure - put them together and you will soon findout.
At last one I know - Apistogramma "fresa" is Apistogramma eremnopyge - but I prefer Fresa or Apistogramma "strawberry" - cause I can pronounce those words.....
Great fish - mine tend to be a bit shy.
Steph, I feel bad having put you on to these fish that I saw them on the weekend and did think the ID was not quite right with the female in colour dress. I didn't think to let you know and am sorry.
They are very nice fish and surprisingly quiet with fry towards each other.
Why am I up Pete .... welll ...... Most engineers tend to have a wife and a mistress. The wife assumes you are with the mistress. The mistress assumes you are with the wife. And both leave you alone so you can get some work done ......... I guess 4 kids has an affect too - so quiet while they...
Testing my water from my rain water tank I observed the following:
pH 7.2
KH 30 mg/L
GH 20mg/L
I cannot understand how soft water can have a neutral pH and hold it so well.
Please explain?
Steve
Kandee,
Look up Fishchicks on the southside - she has all you could possibly want and can get any Apisto you want. If you can wait a couple of weeks over on the QLD forum a few of us are looking to get together on the weekend of the 16th - cup of coffee - apisto chat and then shopping.
Hi Mike,
The only ID locality ID for these fish is Columbia (narrows it down a little?)
Does this question the broad black caudal stream ID?
I have not bought this species but have asked the people who hae to keep an eye on the lateral line of displaying males/ females in the hope...
Hi Mike,
You will have noticed that in the same order the Apsitogramma "Inka" are listed as well as the Apistogramma baenchi "diamond". This is not surprising. I have seen one of the lists they order from and they have multiple names for the same fish. I take it that as these are wild fish...
Typicallly price wise - you can expect to pay aounrd $30 for an imported apisto - the cheaper ones will be localy bred.
I haven't seen any of the golden cacatoides as yet. But generally with cacs - look for deformations around the mouth. There are a lot of poor local bred cacatoides around
Couple of things.
Firstly as far as water goes - check your water from the tap. Lately the guys on tap water are reporting that the water is quite soft from the taps - and hence a week sitting with an airstone can fix a lot of problems.
Secondly - I am located up in Brissy and there is...
Use terracotta pot saucers - if you can use them saucer side up (so to speak) it also allows you to take the eggs without them being exposed to the air.
Thankyou Afra,
I have seen pictures of the tania where the male kinda stays red horizontal stripes and goes dark around the head and had that form before - that is why I was concerned.
He has two probable girls wth him so always seems to have show colours on......