Borelli question

[cakey87]

Is there such thing as Borelli Blue Yellows?
When ordering my fish, he said that there were a pair of Borelli blue yellows available. I went for the double red cacatuoides but am wondering if I should change to the borelli?
I like blue and yellows better than reds, and the borelli better than the cacatuoides but I just wanted to know if there was such thing because I can't find anything about blue-yellow borelli!
My water hardness is really good, the only thing is my pH needs adjusting. Are the borellis hardy like the cacatuoides?

 

[Mike Wise]

Most A. borellii have blue & yellow colors on them somewhere. I have seen some spectacular blue & yellow specimens, but there is no set strain called 'blue & yellow' A. borellii is less demanding on space, temperature, & water values than A. cacatuoides.

 

[cakey87]

So that particular Borelli is just called Apistogramma Borelli?
What is the non-scientific name for them? (Like Cacatuoides is Cockatoo).
What pH will the Borelli be fine at? I brought my pH down last night because it was a 7.4, I used Wardley Bullseye 6.5. So it came down to a 6.6 and is back up, sitting at neutral this morning. :S

 

[Mike Wise]

In the past it was called A. reitzigi (a junior synonym) or the Yellow Dwarf Cichlid. They are found in the wild in pH values betwee 5.5 & 7.6. Water hardness is not important as long as it isn't liquid cement. If you keep this species, you can forget about all the chemical garbage for adjusting pH.