Hello Dwarf Cichlid enthusiasts,
My name is Joe and I live in Blenheim, New Zealand. I am 13 years old. I decided to join this forum because I, like many, have become addicted to Dwarf Cichlids! My first dwarfs were a pair of Pelvicachromis pulcher, which I liked but ended up giving away, because these particular ones weren't very colourful and I found them rather boring. My interest grew from there, and I have kept Laetacara curviceps, and bred them successfully, but they sadly passed on, along with my beautiful Apistogramma trifasciata pair, after a columnaris outbreak in my tank. I then decided to have a break from cichlids, and just kept tetras, rasboras and catfish. When I started looking for more dwarfs again after a while, I had trouble finding any of the species I wanted. I was browsing the FNZAS forums when I saw an advertisment that Apistogramma viejita 'Red Neck' had been imported into New Zealand. I was eager to get some, and I asked a shop in Christchurch to order some in for me. Other people had also got some of these fish, and they were actually ID'd as A. macmasteri. Still a beautiful fish. I was told that it was unlikely I would get any females, as most of the fish from that batch were males. Although amazingly, I ended up with one male and three females! Hopefully I will manage to successfully breed them. Here's some pics. Enjoy!!
My name is Joe and I live in Blenheim, New Zealand. I am 13 years old. I decided to join this forum because I, like many, have become addicted to Dwarf Cichlids! My first dwarfs were a pair of Pelvicachromis pulcher, which I liked but ended up giving away, because these particular ones weren't very colourful and I found them rather boring. My interest grew from there, and I have kept Laetacara curviceps, and bred them successfully, but they sadly passed on, along with my beautiful Apistogramma trifasciata pair, after a columnaris outbreak in my tank. I then decided to have a break from cichlids, and just kept tetras, rasboras and catfish. When I started looking for more dwarfs again after a while, I had trouble finding any of the species I wanted. I was browsing the FNZAS forums when I saw an advertisment that Apistogramma viejita 'Red Neck' had been imported into New Zealand. I was eager to get some, and I asked a shop in Christchurch to order some in for me. Other people had also got some of these fish, and they were actually ID'd as A. macmasteri. Still a beautiful fish. I was told that it was unlikely I would get any females, as most of the fish from that batch were males. Although amazingly, I ended up with one male and three females! Hopefully I will manage to successfully breed them. Here's some pics. Enjoy!!
