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A. Elizabethae - Uaupes

blueblue

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A wildcaught male A. Elizabethae from Rio Uaupes.
It is the husband of the female Eliza that has a caudal spot... :)

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MikeNYC

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Nice fish!

What kind of leaves are those? Did you collect them yourself?

I have also been considering adding oak leaves to simulate the leaf litter from their natural habitat.
 

Fatts

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Mike,
My elizas ate their eggs every time (~12) until I started to add oak leaves. Now I get a spawn a month outta them.
 

Apistt_ed

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MikeNYC said:
Nice fish!

What kind of leaves are those? Did you collect them yourself?

I have also been considering adding oak leaves to simulate the leaf litter from their natural habitat.

I believe that those are Indian Almond leaves used by many aquarists from Asia from breeding plakat bettas to conditioning water to apistos as leaf litter. It's said to have "magical powers" in some way as said by many who use it and it definitely looks great in the tank. Oak leaves work great also as long as they are fully dry. john
 

blueblue

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Thanks John, looking forward to seeing yours soon :)

Apistt_ed said:
beautiful fish blueblue...

I love the updated pictures. I am aquiring two pairs within the next week or so and can't wait to deal with elizabethaes again! It's been years. I hope that mine are half as beautiful as yours. john
 

blueblue

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MikeNYC said:
Nice fish!

What kind of leaves are those? Did you collect them yourself?

I have also been considering adding oak leaves to simulate the leaf litter from their natural habitat.

Thanks mikenyc :)

Hmm, as John and Fatts said, it's a kind of dried oak leaves which are good for apistos. They were imported to Hong Kong from Indonesia and i just bought them from the local vendors... it is useful for breeding some more technical apisto species such as mendezi, diplo and eliza... it works quite well and you could try :)
 

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