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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!

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    Yup saw the nice Apistogramma baenschis in a Peruvian trader's display tanks.

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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!

    I want a wild viejita!!! Not the red red domesticated variant...
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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!

    Quote Originally Posted by genes View Post
    I want a wild viejita!!! Not the red red domesticated variant...
    Bro, agree with you! As you grow deeper into this hobby, the plain wild fishes look more attractive to our eyes than the commercial strain bred ones
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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!

    Quote Originally Posted by SCOPE View Post
    Bro, agree with you! As you grow deeper into this hobby, the plain wild fishes look more attractive to our eyes than the commercial strain bred ones

    Couldn't agree more!

    The "plainess" simply is an attraction by itself.

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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!

    Used to keep crs thus i have a bottle of old sea mud powder, wondering if i can put them into my tank to create better water conditions for apistos?

    Also, recently i partition my tank into 2 to keep 2 different breeds of apistos. The partition i used is transparent and i realized the apistos started flaring more. They were actually flaring at the apistos at the other side of the partition.I was wondering if i should change the partition to solid black or should i keep it this way? (In a way it is good, cause i like to see them flaring, the colours and finnage, but let's talk about long term growth here!)
    Last edited by marle; 16th Apr 2009 at 02:34.
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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!

    I doubt you guys like Apistogramma Eunotus. haha..So much for plain = attractive

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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!

    just for the fun of it.

    Guess which apisto group this fish belong to? (*Note: this fish is not mine!)




    Anyway, this website is not bad, tells you the male and female of quite a variety of apistos. Just click under ----Fiches Apisto and Co----

    http://www.naturawild.com/Apistogram...eniata-h70.htm

    They even have pictures of the rare Apistogramma sp. "JuruaII", a plain looking apisto(to me) which i have yet to know how to appreciate.






    http://www.naturawild.com/Apistogramma-juruaII-sp-emerald-h32.htm
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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!

    Marle, the stunning part is the female. I have never seen a female apisto that good looking. She almost looks like something out of Lake Malawi.

    Now, as for the colors, I've been keeping fish for about 6 years now. I can't say I appreciate plainness. I enjoy complexity in form and pattern with subdued colors, but not homogeneous brown lumps. I will not cultivate a pallet for coffee beans harvested from civet feces because they're rare, natural or against societal standards. I would not think it anything less than snobbery to do so. For anyone who would care to indulge, go right ahead:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kopi_Luwak

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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!

    Very useful website but not in english?
    Haha i just see the pictures but don't understand a word..
    Thanks for sharing dude..
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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!

    Quote Originally Posted by marle View Post

    Guess which apisto group this fish belong to? (*Note: this fish is not mine!)


    Hmmm....the dead/dying group?




    Quote Originally Posted by marle View Post

    They even have pictures of the rare Apistogramma sp. "JuruaII", a plain looking apisto(to me) which i have yet to know how to appreciate.
    A. sp. jurua is plain?! To me they are one of the more brilliantly blue colored apistos around.



    Last edited by genes; 16th Apr 2009 at 17:34.
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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!

    Quote Originally Posted by marle View Post

    They even have pictures of the rare Apistogramma sp. "JuruaII", a plain looking apisto(to me) which i have yet to know how to appreciate.






    http://www.naturawild.com/Apistogramma-juruaII-sp-emerald-h32.htm
    Anyone know what is the different between Jurua and Jurua II?

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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!

    II is usually used to denote a form II, the domesticated variant of the species which may have redder fins, face etc. For example, hongsloi II, viejita II.
    Last edited by genes; 16th Apr 2009 at 17:58.
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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!

    Quote Originally Posted by genes View Post
    Hmmm....the dead/dying group?
    Haha, trying to be funny right. Thats not what i meant!

    Anyway, the blue on your Jura is beautiful, nice shade of light complentary colours!

    Additionally to tonicwater's question, which species of Apisto. has the highest commanding price tag currently in the market now? And why?
    Last edited by marle; 16th Apr 2009 at 18:06.
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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!

    Quote Originally Posted by tonicwater View Post
    Anyone know what is the different between Jurua and Jurua II?
    From my understanding, the market is so used to the Jurua II name than Jurua. They are the same fish.
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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!

    Quote Originally Posted by marle View Post
    Haha, trying to be funny right. Thats not what i meant!

    Anyway, the blue on your Jura is beautiful, nice shade of light complentary colours!

    Additionally to tonicwater's question, which species of Apisto. has the highest commanding price tag currently in the market now? And why?
    Hi marle,

    is that "dead" apisto an Elizabethae?

    cheers,
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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!

    Quote Originally Posted by Casablanca View Post
    Hi marle,

    is that "dead" apisto an Elizabethae?

    cheers,
    my guess is bitaeniata?

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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!

    If you guys are keen on cichlid books, here are the reviews.

    http://www.dwarfcichlid.com/Book_reviews.php

    I personally find Mergus Cichlid Atlas Vol 1/2 and South American Dwarf Cichlids more interesting judging primarily from the reviews.
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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!


    Apisto Eggs

    Source: Mergus Cichlid Atlas 2

    "Sex differentiation in the offspring of all the Apistogramma species investigated to date is controlled in the main by two environmental factors: temperature is the dominant controlling factor, the pH value a co-factor which becomes dominant within a particular temperature range.

    High temperatures (29deg) and low pH (<6) encourage the determination of male offspring. While low temperatures (23deg) and high pH values (>6) favour the determination of female offspring.
    "

    1) So, for a more equal sex ratio of offsprings, i guess the ideal is about 26 degrees at pH 6?

    2) Considering Singapore's climate, will it be reasonable to quote we be able to get an equal sex ratio at 29degrees at pH 6.5? (Are Apistos able to breed at such conditions? If so, what about the harder to breed species like elizabethae, mendenzi?)

    Recently, bought a pair of Bits from a nice local breeder. He mentioned he was using ADA Africana with ketapang leaves and peat. The sex ratio of offsprings favoured males.

    Will very much appreciate if those who were able to breed out an equal sex ratio to share their experiences!
    Last edited by marle; 23rd Apr 2009 at 10:22.
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    Re: Your Favourite Apistogramma!

    For my diplos. Africana plus peat = more females. Room temp.
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