I have a question...

[jeonghun]

I received a stock list from peru.
But I don't know some apisto name.
Tell me the exact name or web site of picture, please.

Apistogramma Acosta
Ap.blue
Ap.yellow
Ap. Bimbo
Ap. huallaga
Ap. galaxies
Ap. sanchez

I have not a picture of this apistogramma, so i don't Know exact information.

 

[a.d.wood]

Hi there,

I know the company you are refering to, I received a CD from them last week with their stock images for the Apisto's you have listed, will upload them tonight when I get home.

In the mean time:

Ap. huallaga > Apistogramma baenschi (Inka)
Ap. galaxis > Apistogramma sp Papagei

Andrew

 

[fishfarm]

sanchez is a bitaeniata type and Blue is in the pebas group.
As far as getting fish from Aquarium Lima, don't. I used to get fish from them (it's been about 5 years though), but the quality is so bad and the mis-identification I can't afford to do it any more. Once I ordered 10 species of Apistos, They sent me 9 bags of eunotus all labeled differently and another bag of little grey fish I never figured out what they were. Nothing was what I ordered. They'll throw 150 fish in one bag and half will be DOA, bad packing and sick fish that are mis-labled. My current Peruvian supplier sends all fish individually bagged and a 50/50 sex ratio. DOA's are usually under 2%. I pay maybe 10-15 cents more per fish, but man is it worth it. When you're bringing in a 1,000 Apistos at a time you want to get what you ordered. Ken

 

[a.d.wood]

As promised, images from the supplier. Now if anyone would care to correct their identification.....

Ap. acosta (I'll assume is an Ap. bitaeniata colour morph)

Ap. bimbo

Ap. blue

I can only echo Ken's sentiments, I've tried them and won't go back to them. On saying that it was nice to receive a CD with images of most of the fish (not just the apisto's) that regularily appear on their list.

Andrew

 

[Mike Wise]

I agree with Andrew's ID of A. acosta. It is A. bitaeniata. A. sp. Bimbo = A. sp. Nanay/Melgar (not Römer's A. sp. Nanay = A. sp. Parrot/Papagei). Ken is right on his ID of A. sp. Blue. It is a Pebas form.

 

[jeonghun]

Thank's, everybody.
I understand well.