Blue cacatuoides

[libasci]

What is everyones thoughts on these are they pretty or is it more of a in the eye of beholder fish.

Debating about ordering a pair but concerned they will just look like wild cacatuoides.

 

[JasonC]

And what is wrong with wild type Cacatuoides?

 

[libasci]

Nothing is wrong with wild types just not what I was interested in

 

[Mike Wise]

Never seen true Blue A. cacatuoides in the fins, only in photos. I ordered some once. They turned out to be A. alpahuayo (black-chin). Who has true Blue A. cacatuoides in the USA?

 

[DBlauj]

Wilds look awesome. Next to that I perfer f1s or f2s.

 

[cichlidmac]

Apistodave has f1 blues cacatuoides and a video of them on aquabid.

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[Mike Wise]

These are not true Blue A. cacatuoides (see Rolo's photos on the German Dwarf Cichlid Forum: http://www.zbbf.de/forum/showthread.php?t=6477). Rolo's fish had both a blue body and blue finnage. Dave's fish are a blue-finned/yellow-bodied wild population of A. cacatuoides. Still, I think it is a very pretty population. BTW the fish he lists as "Apistogramma Black Apisto Nauto" is the fish Dr. Römer collected at the KM77 marker on the Iquitos-Nauta highway. Although Uwe thinks it's different, I personally think it's a population of A. cinnilabra. TomC & I collected the fish there last Fall. Still a nice & unusual apisto.

 

[cichlidmac]

These are not true Blue A. cacatuoides (see Rolo's photos on the German Dwarf Cichlid Forum: http://www.zbbf.de/forum/showthread.php?t=6477). Rolo's fish had both a blue body and blue finnage. Dave's fish are a blue-finned/yellow-bodied wild population of A. cacatuoides. Still, I think it is a very pretty population. BTW the fish he lists as "Apistogramma Black Apisto Nauto" is the fish Dr. Römer collected at the KM77 marker on the Iquitos-Nauta highway. Although Uwe thinks it's different, I personally think it's a population of A. cinnilabra. TomC & I collected the fish there last Fall. Still a nice & unusual apisto.

Great, thanks for the clarification.

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[cichlidmac]

So what do think loc 21 is related to?

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[Linus_Cello]

I presume that these, Apistogramma cf. cacatuoides Aguaytia, are not "true blue" either, but could they be an intermediary between Dave's and the "blue cac." There seems to be more blue on the body. We got these from Jeff/Aquatic Clarity.
http://www.apistogramma.com/forum/index.php?threads/super-sale.13229/

 

[Mike Wise]

Linus, these are A. cacatuoides (Aguaytia), a known wild population. They are very blue, but the 'Aguaytia' is a better description IMHO.

 

[Mike Wise]

Cichlidmac, sp. 21 appears to be a eunotus-complex species, most likely a member of the Pebas sub-complex. It might even be a population of A. sp. Pebas, but without knowing where it was collected - and seeing a male of the species - I can't really say what it is.

 

[libasci]

Well dave always has great fish so maybe i will try them.

 

[Mike Wise]

Well dave always has great fish so maybe i will try them.

I will agree with that. He's very good at breeding apistos.