Apistogramma uaupesi

**Jitticus** · 29th May 2010, 01:24

A truly beautiful fish, the red cheeks come out when the fish has matured, at about months onwards.

**rage** · 31st May 2010, 10:14

Nice one bro, wonder where you got it from? Anyway thanks for sharing.

**hovie** · 31st May 2010, 11:58

Very nice picture. Beautiful fins! Great luck.

I picked up a Apistogramma cacatuoides male today. Not sure of the variety. Has a orange, black & white flame/spot pattern on the Dorsal and Anal fins. The caudal fin has color on the top half. Going to try to find out more about him and locate a mate.

**Jitticus** · 3rd Jun 2010, 11:29

Cacatuoides are really one of the most beautiful strains of apistogramma. For some reason, I like the Orangle flash/sunburst variant more than the triple red variant. To each his own, though.

Oh yeah, be on the lookout for warped heads and swimming disorders caused by excessive inbreeding when you're buying aquarium strains of apistogramma.

**hovie** · 11th Jun 2010, 04:16

Thanks for the info. There is not much in the way of choice here in Apistogrammas. Everything is African cichlids. I bred several varieties in the early 1970's and now I am coming back to tetras and cichlids that will not kill them. Those Africans are tough on everybody.
I have three ponds and was just offered a Siberian Sturgeon ( Acipenser baerii ). Never know what you are going to get next. Anything that can winter over, I will take a look at.