Apistogramma Trifasciata

[Andrew Powell]

Hi folks,

Today saw the purchase of a very young pair of Apistogramma Trifasciata.

Not sure what colour form they are though as images on various forums etc don't seem to have the colour form of our male, which is primarily blue but with a red band on the caudal fin (any help would be appreciated).

Hope the images will help and I will endeavour to take more images once they are fully settles in and coloured up

 

[bludfire]

Are they tank bred fish do you know? If so they might not actually be any particular 'form'.

We'll wait for King Mike to answer though!

 

[MonteSS]

He should color up nicely once settled in. As said probably just your normal tank strain.

 

[Mike Wise]

All I can say is that the photos show a male(s) not from the Río Guaporé system. That leaves most of its range in the Río Paraguay system and northern Argentina.

 

[rr16]

Ooh, where did you get these from?

 

[Andrew Powell]

Ooh, where did you get these from?

A chap in the Preston area mate. Same as our Apistogramma sp. Xingu (thread coming)

 

[Andrew Powell]

Our male is colouring up beautifully!

 

[MonteSS]

Getting nice blues.

Mine has orange in top of dorsal and yellow head. Have not seen it in two days and am getting worried

 

[Andrew Powell]

Our male has quite a bit of red on top of the caudal fin

 

[MonteSS]

 

[Ekona]

Great looking specimen!

 

[MonteSS]

Stripped down the tank tonight and Trifas is missing. Not really sure what happened. Tank is sealed well and its not like Apistos are jumpers.

 

[Duffmanj]

 

[Andrew Powell]

Stripped down the tank tonight and Trifas is missing. Not really sure what happened. Tank is sealed well and its not like Apistos are jumpers.

 

[Andrew Powell]

Our Trifasciata male is looking lovely