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Apistogramma viejita with a red "shoulder"?

JosVermeulen

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So I've had this male A. viejita for a while known, but it seems to be developing red on it's shoulder. I took pics of it as you can see below (with and without flash, don't mind the dirty glass). I've never seen this in other A. viejita, but I know that this one is F1 from near Puerto Gaitan, so I wonder what it could be?

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Tom C

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I have dirty glass in my A. viejita tanks too ;)

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These are F1 from the type locality too.
As you see, the big male in the middle has developed some of the same colors as yours, and so has a couple of his brothers. So this seems to be a natural color variation within this species... You wouldn't dare to selective breed them to in the end produce a A. viejita "Red shoulder"! :eek:
 

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