Apistogramma agassizii 'Tefe' fry

**cricha** · 28th Dec 2007, 20:25

My pair of Apistogramma agassizii 'Tefe' (wild) succesfully spawned

. I estimate the clutch at about 40-50 fry. They're just into the 3rd day of the free swimming stage and they're tiny compared to my cacatoides fry.

My LFS said that F1 fry are much harder to raise then the commercial strains. If this is true, I'd appreciate any advice from all you more experienced bros as to the do's and don'ts in order to keep my fry survival rate high.

thanks

**Cacatuoides** · 28th Dec 2007, 20:40

Stunning female you've got Chris!! Would love to see its mate too, I'm sure he's equally stunning too! Always nice to see females taking care of her fries

**doubleace** · 28th Dec 2007, 20:49

ya bro show us the pic of the male...

**benetay** · 28th Dec 2007, 21:46

Why did your LFS mentioned that wild apisto fries are more difficult to raise? I'm puzzled and at the same time interested to know where did he got his information from? Don't worry so much about the fries, just feed them BBS. Just an important note, you should have remove the male by now.

Remove the female when the fries have grown a little bigger just to prevent the female snacking or attacking the fries when they're bigger. Should be around a month or 2 depending on the size of the fries.

**trident** · 28th Dec 2007, 21:56

Chris,
Well done! Actually the fries looked quite big.

And it looks like you got to buy more tanks

**illumnae** · 28th Dec 2007, 23:42

wow very well done chricha! i love the look of your female

**benetay** · 28th Dec 2007, 23:45

Don't over-stress your fishes. I remember once the apisto was laying eggs and i was happily firing away , that same night the eggs were eaten up.

**cricha** · 29th Dec 2007, 00:26

Here's pic of the male. He's about 3.5cm in size and the female is 3cm.

**illumnae** · 29th Dec 2007, 00:28

very nice blue iridiscience!

**benetay** · 29th Dec 2007, 00:30

This look very much like aga'alenquear' than tefe. Doesn't matter, anyway nice facial colouration.

**doubleace** · 29th Dec 2007, 00:35

Very nice coloration..

**wiki** · 29th Dec 2007, 01:51

Chris, pardon me for being upfront but the male is not an Ap. agassizii 'Tefe'. Tefes have rather prominent abdominal streaks.

No matter though, as they are still a nice pair.

**benetay** · 29th Dec 2007, 02:00

My best match is :

A.Aga just aga

A.aga from Germany.

Sources taken from www.rva.ne.jp.

**cricha** · 29th Dec 2007, 02:30

Wiki & Benetay,

no problems at all with the mis-identification. The LFS supposedly brought in A. agassizzi 'Tefe' & 'Manicore'. The label on the tank said Tefe, so that's what I thought I had. Plus they were really small. Could they be agassizii 'Manicore'?

If not please help me identify the pair. I'll try to take some more recent pics soon as they have grown since.

cheers

**benetay** · 29th Dec 2007, 02:32

Manicore.

Image taken from www.rva.ne.jp

**Cacatuoides** · 29th Dec 2007, 11:23

Your male seems a little young? Try letting it flare at a mirror to see if there's any distinct coloration? Doesn't quite seem to be Aga Tefe to me

**Samuel2618** · 29th Dec 2007, 15:44

Looks like a young male aga tefe to me..

Here are some pictures of my Aga Tefe pair to share:

The male Aga Tefe
Attachment 7803

Another picture of the male Aga Tefe
Attachment 7804

The female Aga Tefe
Attachment 7805

Cheers

**cricha** · 30th Dec 2007, 16:07

So can someone please clarify what Ap. agassizii 'Tefe' really looks like?

**Cacatuoides** · 30th Dec 2007, 17:46

My previous Ap Agassizii 'Tefe' looks like what Samuel has posted
it has the distinct white seam around the tail and the pearl like markings on its body...

**benetay** · 30th Dec 2007, 17:58

After careful consideration i might think thats it's a 'tefe' . Show us more pictures of it flaring

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