apistogramma cacatuoide

[steve1572]

just wondering what colour form of apistogramma cacatuoide you would call this he,s come from a wild what i think you would call gold strain and a triple red female and all the fry are coloured the same no black in the fins at all

 

[ste12000]

Hi Steve, nice pretty fish..Are you sure the parent male was wildcaught?? the fish pictured looks like a domestic 'Orange flash' a line bred colour morph..

I have just brought in a box of wild cacatuoides with several very yellow individuals in there, they mainly show the yellow on the body and not the fins, even the brightest wild fish is no where near as colourful as your fish.

If its a certain wild male and domestic red female then its interesting to reach that stage within one spawn..I have both in my fishroom and may try the cross myself..

These are typical freshly imported wild Apistogramma cacatuoides..No where near as colourful as the potential F1 you have pictured.

 

[steve1572]

hi ste i buy from you a lot my ebay name is xboxspare360 the female is one of yours and yes the male is was just like the ones in you photo i lost him about 3 weeks ago and as far as i know he was a wild

 

[ste12000]

Sorry mate i didnt recognise you under a different alias!!! Good to see you on here!

Thats a very nice, bright fish and a very interesting colour for a wild/domestic spawn.. The female from myself was pure red strain and as far as im aware did not have any hidden genetics?? They breed 100% true when spawned together.

My mate Dave is also performing plenty of wild/domestic crosses and i will be doing doing the same but on a limited basis(Ive bred cacs for many years and if something else comes up the cacs are the first to loose their tank:redface..I thing we should start seeing some interesting results pretty soon..

Any pics of the parents or any more of the fish pictured in the first thread?? Id be interested to hear more about this cross.

Speak soon mate, Ste

 

[steve1572]

the female in in her cave at moment with eggs from one of my golden cacs thought i would try that cross see what i got will get some more of the male and some of the other fry ive got left from this spawn females are not very colourful at all just bits of orange not as much as mother jsut wondering if i have been miss sold a very under coloured domestic male and he wasnt wild at all as ive had a few problems with fish from same person i got a pair of Apistogramma sp. "Black-chin/Schwarzkinn and payed a lot for them to end up with two male and i bought as a breeding pair so just wondering will post some pics of the regani fry i bought of you they are just paring off

 

[ste12000]

the female in in her cave at moment with eggs from one of my golden cacs thought i would try that cross see what i got will get some more of the male and some of the other fry ive got left from this spawn females are not very colourful at all just bits of orange not as much as mother jsut wondering if i have been miss sold a very under coloured domestic male and he wasnt wild at all as ive had a few problems with fish from same person i got a pair of Apistogramma sp. "Black-chin/Schwarzkinn and payed a lot for them to end up with two male and i bought as a breeding pair so just wondering will post some pics of the regani fry i bought of you they are just paring off

There are only a few honest and knowlegable Apisto dealers in the UK..You already know who we are.. Many others think they can make a quick pound by selling fish they know nothing about!!

Apistogramma more than almost any other fish need someone knowlegable selling them, if the retailer does not know his stock then what chance has the buyer got?? When looking at buying breeding pairs i always ask for pictures of the parents with fry, i always supply such pictures with my pairs and its a nice way to sell the fish, a unscrupulous dealer out to make a quick pound will pair up any old fish, quite often like yours they even turn out to be the same sex!!! Apistogramma are a amazing group of fish but ive never yet found a species that spawns in a male/male family!!!!!

Ill look forward to some pics of the Regani..I cant believe they are pairing up already!!! Superb news.

 

[steve1572]

heres a picture of the only female showing any amount of colour ive put her in my room tank im going to keep her for breeding back with the male in photo

and one of the regani got more but will post them later

 

[Mike Wise]

The C. regani look like 2 males to me. Females should show 1 or more ocellated dorsal spots.

 

[steve1572]

yes they are two of a group of twelve they are only about 2 inch at moment i think i did get a pic of two males the females are just starting to show the spots now will try to get pic of one got five off ste chester and the other 7 came from a guy local they are all about the same size and are staring to pair off these two were squareing off with each other just before pic will have to split them up very soon you see this one in the picture flaring its gills

you can just make out the spots on these two