Apistogramma Viejita

[mateomedina]

Just picked up an F1 harem of Apistogramma Viejita and i am already in love with these little ones! I would post some pics but i cant figure out how to?? lol

 

[slimbolen99]

To upload photos to the site, it is easiest to use an outside file hosting site such as www.photobucket.com or www.imageshack.com; or another source to your liking.

So, basically when you want to show a picture on the website, you will have to first upload the picture from your computer to the file hosting site. Then copy and paste the image link into your post:

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If you have any questions, please ask. It's easy once you get the hang of it, but can be kinda of tricky for folks not familiar with that process.

 

[Mike Wise]

Did you know that almost all "A. viejita" that are available commercially are actually domestic color strains of A. macmasteri? It really doesn't matter much as long as you like the fish and not the name! ;-)

 

[mateomedina]

The first two pics are of the father and the second two of of the harem =)
lol ya after doing some research on this forum i learned about that but i still purchased them because they are some bomb apistos! haha

 

[Mike Wise]

I agree; beautiful macs.

 

[pschmitt]

I bred the harem. The mother was a wild-caught, true viejita. I am unsure whether the father was macmasteri, a true viejita, or a hybrid, as it is tough to tell based on identifying information referenced in the Mergus Cichlid Atlas Vol. 1 by Uwe Romer.

 

[Mike Wise]

If the "wild-caught, true viejita" mother is the same as in your U-Tube posts, then she is a true A. macmasteri - not A. viejita. Sadly Cichlid Atlas isn't the best to distinguish between the two species. The descriptions in Koslowski (2002) or mine on the Cichlid Room Companion website are more detailed. I haveseen the true A. viejita in the flesh only once in my 35 years of keeping apistos. Trust me, once you have seen the true A. viejita, you won't confuse it for A. macmasteri.

 

[pschmitt]

Yeah, the "true viejita" are the females pictured in the videos. I was not 100% sure they were viejita, but I was hoping. When Ned, the fellow who is retailing the wild caught "viejita", gets them again soon here, I am hoping one of them will be an actual viejita and I can spot him or her. I think I have some specimens as pictured on pg. 803 of Cichlid Atlas, the bottom picture. Mike, do you have access to that book? Do you think that lower picture on pg. 803 is actual viejita, and, if so, if I post some pics, could I get your opinion on what I have? Thanks.

 

[Mike Wise]

Sadly, I don't believe any of the photos in CA1 show the true A. viejita. The juveniles in CA2 probably are, but juveniles are hard to distinguish from other macmasteri-complex species. There is an excellent photo of A. viejita, labeled as "A. viejita Color Form I", in Linke & Staeck's book. If you don't have any other books, then look at Roland (Rolo) Kipper's photos of the true A. viejita at: http://www.apistogramma.net/apistogramma/apistogramma_viejita.html.

 

[mateomedina]

Haven't had a chance to jump on here for a few but i have a question about substrate. For the apistos that i have now would it be better to have light or black substrate to bring out the best colors in my little ones?

 

[Mike Wise]

The substrate color has no permanent effect on the colors of apistos. To some extent, the fish will lighten or darken to match their surroundings. I find that a neutral colored substrate and sunlight bring out the best colors.