Our new fish house addition.

[Andrew Powell]

This will probably generate some heated discussion!

Today we purchased a beautiful young pair of Apistogramma Viejita (That is what they were sold as).

I couldn't care less if they are Apistogramma MacMasteri as my father wanted a pair of A.MacMasteri for fathers day so win, win.

Please can someone clarify for me the differences between A.Viejita and A.MacMasteri?

I read somewhere that the MacMasteri don't have the first dorsal spine black but Viejita does (our male certainly does, you can just see it). Now I am not saying I definatley have Viejita, hence why I am asking the Apistogramma community

Image of our beautiful male.

Another beautiful image of our male.

Cheers

Andrew

 

[Mike Wise]

It's a domestic strain of A. macmasteri usually sold as "A. viejita II". Do a search here for a description about how to distinguish the species. It's been discussed many, many times already. FYI both A. macmasteri and A. viejita males will show some pale black spines at the front of the dorsal fin. They are, after all, both members of the regani-lineage.

 

[Andrew Powell]

It's a domestic strain of A. macmasteri usually sold as "A. viejita II". Do a search here for a description about how to distinguish the species. It's been discussed many, many times already. FYI both A. macmasteri and A. viejita males will show some pale black spines at the front of the dorsal fin. They are, after all, both members of the regani-lineage.

Thankyou for the information

 

[rr16]

Did you get those from Abyss? They have these in at the moment.

 

[Andrew Powell]

Did you get those from Abyss? They have these in at the moment.

I haven't heard of Abyss dude. Is that in the UK?

 

[rr16]

in Stockport

 

[Andrew Powell]

in Stockport

We got our A.MacMasteri from a chap in the Preston area buddy.

 

[Andrew Powell]

Speaking of which, our Macmasteri male is colouring up beautifully!

Looking forward to seeing him, full sized and fully colored up!

 

[rr16]

My male Barlowi is colouring up nicely but unfortunately he's in a blackwater tank so just don't get the benefit of it all completely!

 

[rr16]

There are some pics on my amazon biotope page if you wanted to see them.

 

[rr16]

Did you go to the meeting last week in Wigan? I wanted to go but couldn't make it.

 

[Andrew Powell]

Did you go to the meeting last week in Wigan? I wanted to go but couldn't make it.

No mate unfortunately I was out of Preston with my mates. I was gutted to be in formed that Tom C was there The guy is like a god!

 

[rr16]

I knew Romer was there. Didn't know Tom C was.

 

[Andrew Powell]

A couple more images of our Apistogramma Macmasteri, including female

 

[Duffmanj]

He's a beaut!

 

[Duffmanj]

Got any shots of the fish house? Just curious

 

[Andrew Powell]

It's our conservatory lol. I'll get a picture tomorrow

 

[Andrew Powell]

An update!

Today I participated in my first table show with my Apistogramma MacMasteri and he only came 2nd with 82 points , 1 point off the 1st place entrant. He would of got more points if he was bigger and had a black base on the show tank (which would of put him in 1st place). Still, very happy
As he has killed his female, I am now going to condition him purely for showing.
The next show is in March and I am certain he will get the 1st place spot

 

[Microman]

I was gutted to be in formed that Tom C was there The guy is like a god!

Hey Mike... I hope Tom sees this quote from Andrew.
The thought of him being a deity will make him cringe. I think we should now carry this celestial being through the jungle next year...
Oh Yes... Its brilliant ammunition this...

 

[rr16]

Ooohhh, where are you going? Going to bring back some wild Apistos?