Apisto sp.?

[aquaticclarity]

I'm learning how to post pics so bear with me!

These fish were labeled as Apisto. borellii, they obviously are not that. They are still in quarantine, but deceided to start spawning. Any idea what they really are?

I'll work on getting some better pictures and continue to play with posting them.

Thanks,
Jeff

 

[Mike Wise]

Definitely need better photo of the male. It is a regani-group fish, possibly ?A. rubrolineata????

 

[aquaticclarity]

I'll work on it!

Jeff

 

[retro_gk]

I can't see the pic

 

[ed seeley]

Thought it was just me! Says I don't have permission to view it! :frown:

 

[aquaticclarity]

The pics show up in the text for me. I set them up as an attachment. I'm no sure what the problem is???

I'm wondering if only the mods can view the pics attached this way!

Jeff

 

[retro_gk]

Jeff, navigate to your control panel (User CP) in the menu above and under "Edit Options>Thread Display Options", make sure "Display Images" is checked.

 

[aquaticclarity]

Rahul,

It's all set correctly. When I open the post I can see the pictures and Mike Wise can see the pictures. So I'm not sure what the problem is???

Jeff

 

[Tea]

Hello?

Hello Jeff, may I ask did you pick them up from pets n things? Vue

 

[aquaticclarity]

Tea,

They came from Hoffer's, but Pets n' Things buys from the same wholesaler and most likely has the fish as well.

Jeff

 

[Lisachromis]

Jeff, navigate to your control panel (User CP) in the menu above and under "Edit Options>Thread Display Options", make sure "Display Images" is checked.

Mine is set up to see pics, and I get the error as well.

Lisachromis, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

 

[Tea]

Hello

Jeff, I picked up 2 pairs a couple years ago and spawned them but I sold them off. I have pics of them when full grown. The pic in my avatar is a pic of the male I had, he showed yellow markings on his cheeck and when he displays shows black vertical lines on his sides. does your fish show the same? I '' try to postsome pics up.. Vue

 

[Tea]

here

Here it is male http://i9.tinypic.com/43w05t5.jpg
http://i3.tinypic.com/2lm9k0j.jpg
http://i3.tinypic.com/44k1evb.jpg
http://i3.tinypic.com/44k1evb.jpg
female http://i3.tinypic.com/2lm9k0j.jpg
I hope this works. Vue

 

[Tea]

Hello

It doesn't work if you click on it but copy the url and paste it and it should work...

 

[Mike Wise]

Tia,

I can't be sure because of the small size of the photos, but it looks like you have 2 different species in the batch of photos. Neiter look like the species in the original post, however.

 

[aquaticclarity]

I moved the fish to a long term tank a few days ago. Here is a better shot of the dominate male. I can dig through the 50+ shots I took this morning and post some additional images if needed.

Jeff

 

[aquaticclarity]

Let's see if this works!

Jeff

 

[Mike Wise]

Dominant males make pretty pictures, but they usually don't show many of the diagnostic features needed for ID. Do you have photos of a female or subdominant male??

From this photo & what I can see on the others, I think that you have one of the many color morphs of A. sp. Pebas, but it might be A. sp. Papagei/Parrot (Caudalfleck) (A 92).

 

[aquaticclarity]

Let's try these pics...

I was guessing A. sp. Pebas or A. sp. Papagei/Parrot, but like many people I have trouble telling the 2 apart. And this fish seems to have a lot more of a blue sheen to it.

Jeff

 

[Mike Wise]

Are these domestic or wild fish? I ask because the male looks like A. sp. Papagei (Caudalfleck) (A 92), but has a patterned tail like on A. sp. Pebas. The female has markings more like those of of A. sp. Putumayo (A 85-86), maybe Pebas (A 87). I just can't say based on the available photos.