First pair of Apistos bitaeniata

[MbmC]

First time apisto keeper. got a pair from Biotope "paracuuba", then added 2 females "careiro" from bro iwishweallcouldwin. Small 20L tank, water change twice a week with aged water. Females not in the mood for brooding yet, but I doubt I'll be successful given my limited space, and the numerous tetras and rasboras I also have.

Male "Paracuuba"


Female "Careiro"

[MbmC]

The male in its habitat

[dexter]

nice apistos... hmm if you would like to breed them then i suggest u take out the rest of the fishes...

cheers

[marle]

This pair looks very familiar.

[MbmC]

Probably haven't got the time to breed them. Not in the office anyhow!

Familiar? why so?

[adolfoi]

Very nice Where did you got it?

[genes]

He mentioned Biotope Aquarium in the first post. Nice catch!

[MbmC]

Yup, from Biotope!

There were a few pairs there, but this pair looked the most healthy and were feeding well. Some of the others had sunken stomachs...

I don't know, but trawling through the forum, I don't see many bitaeniatas with blue fins? Mostly yellow/orange, and some nice red specimens!

[stjoeblack]

Nice collection!

[illumnae]

Blue bitaeniatas used to be more popular some time back, but recently orange has caught on in popularity

[genes]

I don't know, but trawling through the forum, I don't see many bitaeniatas with blue fins? Mostly yellow/orange, and some nice red specimens!

Put a mirror in and you will see your blue bitaeniata turn into a red bitaeniata. All my red bitaeniata pics in this forum look like yours when they are not flaring.

[iwishweallcouldwin]

Nice photos! How about a full tank shot?

[mikhail]

Nice bitaeniata male . I miss my deceased male bit which had the similar blue fins and high dorsals. Hope your pair will get to spawning activities soon. Good luck.

[adolfoi]

I was at Biotope yesterday and there are no Bitaeniata left.....

[marle]

I was at Biotope yesterday and there are no Bitaeniata left.....

check out the market place, think some of us are selling?

[MbmC]

Blue bitaeniatas used to be more popular some time back, but recently orange has caught on in popularity

I guess that's where my newbie-ness tells

[MbmC]

Put a mirror in and you will see your blue bitaeniata turn into a red bitaeniata. All my red bitaeniata pics in this forum look like yours when they are not flaring.

Interesting! I'll try that and see what happens

[marle]

get some pictures when it turns red!