unknown aggies

[farm41]

I brought home a male aggie several months ago, lfs only had the male and it was very nice looking. About a 2 months ago the lfs finally got a female, and I brought it home.

Just this morning I was reading the Romer atlas and it warned to not breed aggies from "different imports".

Does this apply to tank raised fish from unknown origins? How would I know if they are the same or from "different imports"?

 

[Randall]

Differing A. agassizii strains

Dear Farm41,

What is your name, anyway?

Are your agassizii wild or tank raised?

Randall Kohn

 

[Cichlids1]

Farm, I think most people recommend not mixing the different locations/color morphs of wild aggies because they are not sure 100% sure that all aggie morphs are actually aggies and not seperate species/sub-species. I believe they almost ruined the Tefe at one time by getting it mixed up with a few other forms (Apistogramma aggassizzii 'Tefe' and Apistogramma sp. 'Tefe'). Don't quote me on that tho..but it jumped into my head from somewhere, I believe I heard Mike Wise and Oliver Lucanus discusing it at the ACA in Jersey.

 

[farm41]

Randall,

It's Matt,

2nd question 'unknown'

Sorry, I don't know more.

 

[Discus Man]

There are a couple of agazizzi that look so different from other agazzizi that side by side they do not look like the same fish.
Tail structure is a very notable difference. The classic V tail can be lost and round tails produced if you mix a vtail and a rounder tail.
If your agazizzi are from unknown origin and you do breed them, don't put a name on the end. Just sell them as agazzizi. It heps us buyers.
TIA

 

[farm41]

The female still doesn't seem too interested, but the male keeps chasing her. Maybe they aren't enough alike.

Thanks for the replies