Apistogramma Agassizii

[Andrew Powell]

You probably have seen images of our large 'Double Red' male lurking about this forum somewhere.

Well as an update, he passed away a few days ago (He was older than I thought). It is a real shame as he only managed one spawning as his 'Double Red' female was very young before he died.

Today however, I went out and purchased his successor, another, though different in appearance, 'Double Red' male.

He is much younger than his predecessor and about the same size as both females (wild caught 'Flamenco' female being the other to the 'Double Red' female).

I will update when he has settled in and also when he chooses a female (if not both).

This is the male that passed away

New male

 

[MonteSS]

Sorry to hear about the old man.

GL with the new one.

I have been liking Agassizi lately

 

[Andrew Powell]

Sorry to hear about the old man.

GL with the new one.

I have been liking Agassizi lately

Thankyou Monte,

I too have been finding Agassizii quite appealing of late. I was originally looking at this male (image below) but decided on the 'Double Red' instead as I am not sure about the 'Fire Reds' life expectancy.

 

[rr16]

Hiya, where did you get him from? Do they have any wild caught apistos?

 

[Andrew Powell]

Hiya, where did you get him from? Do they have any wild caught apistos?

Hi,
I got him from Aqualife, Ulnes Walton, Preston. They do try and get wild caught in, it all depends on what is on the order list at the time of Aqualife ordering. You can request Apistogramma species (that's if they happen to be on the list from where they order).
Our Apistogramma Eunotus were purchased there (wild caught) along with our, Borellii, Panduro, Baenschi 'Inka' and Trifasciata. Our Eremnopyge were purchased at the Preston District Aquarist Society auction, our McMasteri were purchased from a lone stockist and our wild caught Barlowi and Agassizii 'Flamenco' female were purchased from Rare Aquatics

 

[rr16]

Are you barlowi white or red form? I have a red-form male and a white form pair both from rare. I got my pair of panduro from there too but I think the male is actually nijsseni. They're wild caught. Were your panduro wild? Have they bred? I'm probably looking to get hold of a male panduro to try and breed with my female who is looking ready to breed frequently.

 

[Andrew Powell]

Are you barlowi white or red form? I have a red-form male and a white form pair both from rare. I got my pair of panduro from there too but I think the male is actually nijsseni. They're wild caught. Were your panduro wild? Have they bred? I'm probably looking to get hold of a male panduro to try and breed with my female who is looking ready to breed frequently.

No idea mate, this is our Barlowi Male (wild caught)

 

[ErtyJr]

Sorry to hear about your male it is always sad to lose a beloved pet. Hopefully your new male turns out to be every bit as beautiful!

 

[rr16]

He looks like he's white form. I think Rare must have had a couple of batches in as my first pair were red form and one of them died. The second pair were white, but they had been returned by a customer who had grown them on. The female has been missing for over a day now. Am hoping she has gone into hiding to hatch eggs, but who knows. Hope she's not croaked. Have you had any luck breeding them yet? Loving your aggassizi by the way. I have a mixed bunch of them but not much luck with them spawning really. I'm half tempted to get another male incase he's the problem (although he's a lovely fish), as not had any batches of eggs hatch when the females have spawned during his reign!

 

[Andrew Powell]

Sorry to hear about your male it is always sad to lose a beloved pet. Hopefully your new male turns out to be every bit as beautiful!

Thanks buddy

 

[Andrew Powell]

He looks like he's white form. I think Rare must have had a couple of batches in as my first pair were red form and one of them died. The second pair were white, but they had been returned by a customer who had grown them on. The female has been missing for over a day now. Am hoping she has gone into hiding to hatch eggs, but who knows. Hope she's not croaked. Have you had any luck breeding them yet? Loving your aggassizi by the way. I have a mixed bunch of them but not much luck with them spawning really. I'm half tempted to get another male incase he's the problem (although he's a lovely fish), as not had any batches of eggs hatch when the females have spawned during his reign!

I haven't seen the red form yet dude but will do a little research and take a peek
Our Barlowi have spawned twice but have munched the eggs, hoping third time is the charm!
The new male Agassizii is a lovely looking male, I like the fact he has the band around his tail fin, where the old male didn't..

 

[rr16]

Here's a pic of the red form male (I'm assuming he's red form as he has a redder body colouring). The vids show both white and red form males.

The bigger one is the white form. The red colouration may not be too clear on the red form in the vids/pics though.

 

[Andrew Powell]

As a way of an update,

Our new male Agassazii male has settled in wonderfully and coloured up beautifully, he's even found a female to 'hang' with

(Ignore the state of the tank as the pump had stopped working. It was replaced an hour after these images were shot)