Apistogramma elizabethae "wilhelm super red"

[fighting fish]

got a pair of elizabethae wilhelm super red from bro joe recently! SWEE!! let the pics do the talking. can see the male and female already pair up liao. take a look at the female colours, stunning!

[Wackytpt]

Beautiful!!!!

[Samuel2618]

Wow.. Solid pair of Eliz.. Haha.. Joe is really trying to tempt me into apisto again.. Always did that whenever I pay my visit to his house..

[joopsg]

Wow.. Solid pair of Eliz.. Haha.. Joe is really trying to tempt me into apisto again.. Always did that whenever I pay my visit to his house..

Wrong. Joe is tempting all the Apistogramma Kakis Back!!!!
Argh!!!!!!

[genes]

Thanks Simon.

Fighting fish, the female at the back looks red too. Put a mirror in and take pictures of them flaring. I' m sure its .

[iwishweallcouldwin]

Amazing specimens! More pictures please!!!

[doppelbanddwarf]

Wow stunning! The colouration is superb.

[marle]

S-u-p-e-r-b!

[fighting fish]

haha thanks to all for your kind comments...love the fishes. quite hard to get picture of them to flare cos still quite timid. will upload when they become less shy.

ps: thanks mod for helping me post in the right section. appreciate it

[fighting fish]

Something is brewing!!!

[marle]

!!!

[SCOPE]

Something is brewing!!!

very suspicious.....some great news?

[marle]

very suspicious.....some great news?

Joe, that is an excellent piece you brought in!

[SCOPE]

Joe, that is an excellent piece you brought in!

Thanks! Total 3 pairs i brought this kind in. Another hobby guy's pair is breeding already.

[fighting fish]

keeping apisto for the past 2 weeks has given me alot of heart attacks. 2-3 days before i saw the female stomach swelling up as if gonna burst like that. thought i might have overfeed. hence ignored it. then yesterday i saw the female becoming very defensive towards the male and even attacked the male. i followed the female into its haunt and VOILA! EGGS!

[goody992828]

keeping apisto for the past 2 weeks has given me alot of heart attacks. 2-3 days before i saw the female stomach swelling up as if gonna burst like that. thought i might have overfeed. hence ignored it. then yesterday i saw the female becoming very defensive towards the male and even attacked the male. i followed the female into its haunt and VOILA! EGGS!

Wow congrats bro, this is a very beautiful breed, hope your fries turn into more adults, and if happen that you have to many that wanted to let go, do pm me hope i can be first in the queue....

[fighting fish]

thanks bro here's a photo i managed to snap...hopefully everything goes well

[genes]

Great picture! This is the first time i see eggs attached to the ketapang leaves! So natural! Keep us updated with the hatching and growth! Remember not to over feed the fries. I find eliz fries more sensitive to indigestion and bloat compared to other species. Also, i'll stay clear of decap brine shrimp eggs. They are more difficult to digest.

[fighting fish]

any other suggestions regarding food to feed the fries? thought of giving them decap bbs initially. was suggested by a friend to get dennerle S7 as vitamins for the fries as well. probably going shopping tomorrow

[genes]

Dennerle S7 is subjective. If you have the spare cash why not? I use it to feed my adults. Soak the frozen brine shirmps in it for 10 to 15mins before feeding to my adults.

I would suggest hatching bbs yourself for the first 3mths. There after, try staple food and see how do they react to them. If they take, you are in for a more stress free time. If not, continue with bbs and slowly introduce them to staple food. Some suggestions for staple food would be ADA AP food series and NLS food. I have not tried NLS but its proven to work by some of our guys. I used ADA AP1 gold because they are very powdery, so its perfect for apisto fries. Plus, because its so fine, the uneaten food will not soil the tank so quickly. When they grow larger, i used the larger ADA AP series.