Apistogramma Kullanderi

[Ayazad]

Hello everyone! I received the fish I ordered. And again, I see that one pairs of apistograma isn't what was advertised. Tell me, is it a Kullanderi?

 

[Mike Wise]

It looks like a young male A. kullanderi to me.

 

[Bill D.]

Hello everyone! I received the fish I ordered. And again, I see that one pairs of apistograma isn't what was advertised. Tell me, is it a Kullanderi?

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Hello everyone! I received the fish I ordered. And again, I see that one pairs of apistograma isn't what was advertised. Tell me, is it a Kullanderi?

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Where did you get this fish from?

 

[anewbie]

Where did you get this fish from?

He list his location as Almaty, Kazakhstan so i doubted he purchased them in USA; however aquaticclarity had some listed though the price is quite high for a pair.

 

[Ayazad]

Where did you get this fish from?

I bought it Bangkok. There it was sold as Atahualpa.

 

[Ayazad]

Today I discovered that the female has acquired her spawning coloring and is guarding her cave. Should I remove the male because she's chasing him away and he's hiding under some driftwood? Or should I remove him if the female produces fry? What water parameters are needed for successful spawning? My water pH 5.8-6, temperature is 26°C, and 60 ppm.

 

[Mike Wise]

Sometimes trying to remove the male can disturb the female and then eats the spawn. My philosophy is that as long as no harm is done to either fish, then I don't bother. Your water values should be OK for breeding.

 

[anewbie]

Nice looking fish.

 

[Ayazad]

Sometimes trying to remove the male can disturb the female and then eats the spawn. My philosophy is that as long as no harm is done to either fish, then I don't bother. Your water values should be OK for breeding.

I agree with you. I don't want to disturb them. Recently, I found a dead male Atahulpa morning, killed by a female guarding the cave. Even though everything had been quiet that evening, I didn't want to disturb them.

 

[Ayazad]

When I arrived at my fish room this morning (10:00 am), I found the male hiding and shivering behind the heater. Some of his fins were frayed. I managed to quickly and carefully catch him without disturbing the female. I moved him to another tank. Now I see the female periodically leaving the cave and searching the tank for the male.

p.s. I see eggs on the cave wall!

 

[Ayazad]

The fry started swimming today! There aren't many of them.

 

[Bill D.]

Would love to get some when they are ready.

 

[MacZ]

Would love to get some when they are ready.

Begs the question: Is it even possible to ship them alive from Kazakhstan to the US? I had a package from Mongolia (musical instrument, so not something time-critical like live fish) wayting at a DHL hub in Kazakhstan for a week before it got shipped to me in Europe.

 

[Bill D.]

Begs the question: Is it even possible to ship them alive from Kazakhstan to the US? I had a package from Mongolia (musical instrument, so not something time-critical like live fish) wayting at a DHL hub in Kazakhstan for a week before it got shipped to me in Europe.

Didn't realize where ypu lived. Impossible to ship from.there to me in the USA.

 

[Ayazad]

Begs the question: Is it even possible to ship them alive from Kazakhstan to the US? I had a package from Mongolia (musical instrument, so not something time-critical like live fish) wayting at a DHL hub in Kazakhstan for a week before it got shipped to me in Europe.

DHL will definitely not ship live fish to the US. I often receive packages from the US via DHL, USPS, UPS, and other carriers, and delivery usually takes 4-5 days.

 

[Bill D.]

DHL will definitely not ship live fish to the US. I often receive packages from the US via DHL, USPS, UPS, and other carriers, and delivery usually takes 4-5 days.

Yes, live fish & fry way to fragile for a trip like that. To bad. I would have definitely purchased some if your going to sell them. Very hard to find them here in the States. I have not seen any for sale

 

[Ayazad]

Yes, live fish & fry way to fragile for a trip like that. To bad. I would have definitely purchased some if your going to sell them. Very hard to find them here in the States. I have not seen any for sale

First, they need to be grown. Shipping them to the US or Europe is problematic. The only way is to carry them in a suitcase.

 

[MacZ]

First, they need to be grown. Shipping them to the US or Europe is problematic. The only way is to carry them in a suitcase.

Indeed the fastest way.

 

[Bill D.]

First, they need to be grown. Shipping them to the US or Europe is problematic. The only way is to carry them in a suitcase.

Yes, they might make it in a suitcase? Maybe

 

[MacZ]

If you travel with that suitcase on your person and in the plane cabin. Modern security regulations make that tricky in many countries. I mean... explain to a border controll officer you have live fish in your case and tell the customs officer they are not an endangered or illegal species.