Aquabid order orange flash

[atmagoulick]

I am taking a chance on an www.aquabid.com order for apistogramma cacatuoides sp. orange flash. The parents look beautiful. I am trying the lesser shipping method. I'll keep everyone posted.

 

[Joe Gatchell]

I am taking a chance on an www.aquabid.com order for apistogramma cacatuoides sp. orange flash. The parents look beautiful. I am trying the lesser shipping method. I'll keep everyone posted.

I've bought from Aquabid before with good results. Just like any online auction site, read feedback.

 

[atmagoulick]

I've bought from Aquabid before with good results. Just like any online auction site, read feedback.

Thanks for the optimism. They have good feedback. As you know the bags are always deflated when the fish arrive do to the changes in pressure. It is still nerve racking.

 

[Joe Gatchell]

Thanks for the optimism. They have good feedback. As you know the bags are always deflated when the fish arrive do to the changes in pressure. It is still nerve racking.

I suppose it depends where they are shipped from and to. I have had fish shipped from WI and MO to Indiana and bags were always nice and tight. They may have gone ground all the way though from that close.

 

[Linus_Cello]

Maybe they'll use kordon breather bags?

 

[atmagoulick]

Maybe they'll use kordon breather bags?

Yes, they are being shipped in the breather bags. How long can they be in the bag?

 

[Linus_Cello]

I think someone did an experiment with bristlenose plecos, and 1 week was fine in breather bags.

 

[atmagoulick]

I received A. cacatuoides orange flash a week ago,

healthy and happy. I put them in a 10 gallon planted tank with a light colored sand substrate. The females blend with the sand and seem to avoid excessive abuse from the male. Here are some pictures.

 

[atmagoulick]

It has been a week and I there are eggs under the Telanthera stem.

 

[atmagoulick]

The eggs are missing. They either hatched, or the female ate them. I'm looking for the fry.

 

[atmagoulick]

The eggs are missing. They either hatched, or the female ate them. I'm looking for the fry.View attachment 2068

I have free swimming fry.

 

[atmagoulick]

Here are the fry.