What type of A. agassi or is it something similar?

[Apistomaster]

I bought a pair as Tefe but they are not quite what I associate with a Tefe Aggie.
Looks like Apistogramma cf. agassizii Ampiyacu to me.

Pair

 

[Mike Wise]

Well, you're correct, it's not A. sp. Tefé. They look a bit young/not fully developed finnage-wise. Based on the male's dark marking on the body and in the caudal fin, my guess is that it is a population of A. cf. agassizii (Netz/Net). If it is Netz, then I would expect that the male will develop much longer extensions on the unpaired fins.

 

[DaemonEater]

Mike,

Steve says when you were at ACA you said you knew what the A. sp. "Diamond Face" were. Can you send me some info on them?

-Anthony

 

[Mike Wise]

A. sp. Diamond Face is a commercial name for A. sp. Kelleri.

 

[Apistomaster]

New photos showing further color and fin development of this beautiful form.
Fins have grown as Mike predicted.

 

[animalmgc]

Did u get these from wetspotz I originally bought them as pearl blue tefe but was told they were re identified

 

[Cichlid Junkie]

Beautiful. I just lost my male last week and now my female has the 20 long all to herself.

 

[wethumbs]

Steve still got a tank of them for sale when I visited a few weeks ago. I even noticed a few bigger males in there. Nothing as spectacular as the one you lost tho. Any idea what happened to the male you lost?

He also got a tank full of A. agassizi "Double Red" that were so red that I had a hard time tell the females from males. I suspected that the red may fade in time tho. I will go check them out again in a few weeks.

I also saw the A. cacatuoides "Triple Red" that were the best I have seen. The females look exactly like the males with shorter fintages. For some reason he still called them "Double Red", I told him they definitely deserved being called "Triple Red".

 

[Apistomaster]

cichlid junkie,
I wish there was a practical affordable way to acquire your female.
Yes, I bought them from wetspottropicalfish.com as Blue pearl tefe but I informed sales manager, Anthony of the correct ID and he wrote back that he was going to change the listing to the correct name. I haven't checked to see if he really did.
I haven't wanted to breed a particular Apistogramma species as badly as these in some time. I know they have spawned one or two times but the eggs were probably eaten within 24 hours.
I am trying to check the pots daily so I can remove a batch for artificially hatching and raising some future breeders then I hope they will raise a brood naturally. My female is taking a bit of a beating despite all the cover and using a trio would be helpful. My chances are very much balanced on a knife's edge. The female could easily become ill from the excessive stress she is under.
I think they are an outstanding form of the Apistogramma cf agassizi complex.

 

[animalmgc]

he has and was told of the change via Mike Wise

 

[Cichlid Junkie]

I wouldn't mind finding another male or even a pair to put in there with her. There were some on AB yesterday, but I missed my chance, they are no longer there...maybe next time.

 

[wethumbs]

Just contact them and ask for it. Here is the website of the retail store.

http://www.wetspottropicalfish.com/

 

[Cichlid Junkie]

Thanks. I appreciate that.