Hi from the US

[quartz_aquatics]

Hi! I’ve been keeping fish for well over a year now and have been breeding uncommon cichlids. Apistogramma borelli have always been my dream fish and I’ve finally got my hands on a proven pair and I would like to breed them soon

 

[Aquaticloch]

Welcome to the site.

This is not A. Borelli. This a domesticated hybrid known as A. "Steel-Blue".

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Apistogramma borelli have always been my dream fish and I’ve finally got my hands on a proven pair

I think they are Apistogramma "Steel-Blue", but they are definitely male and female.

cheers Darrel

 

[Aquaticloch]

Hi all,

I think they are Apistogramma "Steel-Blue", but they are definitely male and female.

cheers Darrel

Do you know how common female "Steel-Blue" are? I have never personally seen one personally, or any posted about on this site or any other.

 

[quartz_aquatics]

Welcome to the site.

This is not A. Borelli. This a domesticated hybrid known as A. "Steel-Blue".

oh interesting. i had a feeling that they looked quite different than regular borelliis, i was thinking it was just from the shipping stress. what is it mixed with?

 

[Ben Rhau]

Females aren’t terribly common, but not unheard of.

 

[quartz_aquatics]

Hi all,

I think they are Apistogramma "Steel-Blue", but they are definitely male and female.

cheers Darrel

is the female a steel blue as well? I cant find any pictures online of female steel blues but she looks a lot like a female borellii

 

[Aquaticloch]

yes it is steel blue female.

 

[MacZ]

what is it mixed with?

Nobody knows. Only rumours going circulating.

 

[Yvonne G]

Welcome!

 

[quartz_aquatics]

Nobody knows. Only rumours going circulating.

that’s unfortunate. i hope these guys sell well at the store considering hybrids r frowned upon in the apisto community i got ripped off lol

 

[MacZ]

i hope these guys sell well at the store considering hybrids r frowned upon in the apisto community

The specialized dwarf cichlid community and especially the apisto-people usually for sure don't like hybrids or domestic forms. It's a beginner-thing mostly in my experience.
But the average livingroom fishkeeper usually only cares for "Is it colourful and won't eat the other fish?"
Everybody with that approach I answer "Get another hobby but stop keeping any kind of living being."

The fact your view obviously differs from said average, qualifies you as above average responsible and that's a step towards serious fishkeeping.

i got ripped off

We've all been there in one way or another.