illumnae's Apistogramma bitaeniata "Tefe Bauana" (Orange morph)

[illumnae]

R.I.P.

came home today from work to find out that this beautiful fish committed suicide =( he was found dead on the floor in the late afternoon. i'm really quite sad as he was such a lovely fish. no idea why he jumped also...he never even tried to jump once before in the 8 months i've had him.

sigh

[mictok]

Sad to hear that,I will try to bring up the pair that brought from you,hope that they are as nice as the parent.

[exotic_idiot]

??? So sad, i read all the way from how you got your fish and how they spawn for you.. On and on time spend taking care of them really feels sad for you man...

[trident]

yixiang,
so sorry to hear that, something must have spooked him

[illumnae]

i guess so richard. it's just very weird though, because the tank's a very tall tank, and he's always loitering around the bottom...i wonder what caused him to swim all the way to the top, because i've never seen him swim up before

[genes]

Sometimes, we're so used to them being at the bottom, we forget that apistos are excellent jumpers too. I also came across ap. bitaeniata jumping out couple of months back when he was transfered into a tank where there are practically no threats but water level in the tank was filled closed to the brim.

[illumnae]

oh well. too late anyohw =( i'll possibly make this tank another planted nano with a pair of apistos/wild bettas instead of a breeding tank this time.

pity thio's nice Ap. agassizii "tefe" has been sold. maybe when the next alpha gets on form!

[wks]

Cheer up, Yixiang. Use this tank to keep Betta channoides.

[eddy planer]

Yi Xiang,

When you complete your new project, i offer you take nice pix if you have any.

[doppelbanddwarf]

Tough luck Yi Xiang, it was a really nice bitaeniata. Cheer up.