Viejita gold females

[georgedv]

I was at the LFS a few days ago and came across some fish labeled Ap. Viejita Gold. The males had a yellow body with beautiful reds on the fins, but the females were all yellow. No black markings. Is this possible? The price tag is $29.99...is this price reasonable?

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[Bev N]

I have a few that someone brought me. I think I have all females and they are all yellow. I'll have to give them a good look today when I'm getting tanks ready for tomorrow. If I have the time I'll even try to get a few pictures. I got my camera out yesterday and charged it up to get photos for a magazine article (horse demo where my horse was) so now that it's all set maybe I'll have the time to get those pics done.

 

[Vince1357]

Yea most of the Apistogramma sold at the LFS are around 30 dollars. You can get it cheaper from local breeder in my opinion.

 

[Sharpfish]

I hope this comes through. Ihope this helps to ID. This is a young pair of vejita 'Gold' I got from Tony Orso a few years ago. Not the greatest picture of the female. Wally

 

[georgedv]

The females I saw were canary yellow. "Gold" is the name they were given. The shape of the body was more "Ram" like, but just a tad longer. They were less then an inch in size (male was about 1 1/4 inches) so maybe their age made them hard to ID. This LFS has made big bloppers before (not intentionally) thats why I hestitaded...plus $30 was high for me.

The main interest to me is, is it normal for females not to have any black markings on their body?

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