Apistogramma agassizii "Río Tefe Cacadora"

[naturalmystic]

Bought 3 pairs from bro SCOPE last month (Joe, out of 6, I think only one "developed" to be a female )

Past few days, the female (around 3cm) has been very aggressive towards all of my other tank inhabitants, including the male (around 4cm).
2 innocent Pygmy Cories and 1 Otos had already succumbed and are now swimming happily in fishy heaven.

Checked the tank last night, saw around 20 fries out in the open.
The main danger will come from my 20 Sparkling Gouramis, who as I typed, are hovering around the area.

Tried to take some pictures but somehow my camera is stuck at 4x zoom (16x zoom max).
Figured I need at least 10x zoom to take a good picture.

Here are some crappy pictures; not sure if the fries are visible at all .
They are on the driftwood.
Picture of male is at 8x zoom while female is at 4x zoom.

[Fingerling]

Great job. Congrats on your spawn.

[mobile2007]

congrat for the spawn.

Looking at pic #1, the male still not quite fully matured ? Not much color shown yet and the tail still not towards "spade" shape.

[shrimppaste]

WAH! I bought from Brother Joe at the same time. How come mine still like small fish like that. SO young can spawn already???

[joopsg]

If you keep them in small tank, they will grow slower.
If you want to let them grow faster, pump them up with frequent feeding plus live feed.
Live feed is a risk no doubt.

[shrimppaste]

My male looked like natural mystics so I guess it's still very young. I guess love can wait haha.

[naturalmystic]

I was surprised too to see the spawn.
The adult size should be 1cm more for both right?

[exotic_idiot]

No, they will spawn once the conditions are right and compaible pair..
Lucky that you brought more than a pair, that way they will pair up more easily.
Sometimes it's still very small so very hard to sex them..
There's no 100% gurantee even if you got a confirm pair..
Luck do plays a part.
Have fun, cheers

[mobile2007]

Acquired one pair of aggassizi cacadola from Joe sometimes back. Have to say Joe really have a sharp eye for sexing the fish at such young age. ( I got another female from him after my original one died and now the pair started to do the mating dance.


Taken this pics few weeks back. Note that the tail fin not yet developed into a spade shape and color and patterns not yet matured.

[marle]

Nice, even at such a young age the fish produce some stunning colouration.

[iwishweallcouldwin]

Great potential! Looks real cute

[mobile2007]

thanks, marle and clint.

Not forgetting the otto shown in the second pics. It was the longest service crew i have, almost 3 yrs.

[fighting fish]

wow very pretty fish! have to be another one of my considerations.

[mobile2007]

haha, to tempt you on this species, go and take a look at the link,

熱帯魚アピストグラマ アガシジー リオ テフェ カサンドーラ産【レヨンベールアクア】

[naturalmystic]

haha, to tempt you on this species, go and take a look at the link,

熱帯魚アピストグラマ アガシジー リオ テフェ カサンドーラ産【レヨンベールアクア】

Yup, I fell in love with it after looking at the RVA site too.
That's why I bought 3 pairs
Anyway, my alpha male is showing some colours now but still far from its true potential.
My tank is 422 and it's difficult to zoom all the way to the back

[mobile2007]

Well, your aggassizi looks good. To take a closer pics, you can place a mirror close to the front side of tank. That way, it flares and also easier to take.

Japanese standard, not sure how they do it. Let's hope the fishes will developed into something that vibrant.

[exotic_idiot]

haha, to tempt you on this species, go and take a look at the link,

熱帯魚アピストグラマ アガシジー リオ テフェ カサンドーラ産【レヨンベールアクア】

Bro mobile, don't poison me please.. Very evil of you.. But again really very good buy, you've got a pair which could easily hit hundreds plus plus in the past.. I still remember how much i paid last year for a pair of Aga"manicore".. Wow.. Sweet..

Yup, I fell in love with it after looking at the RVA site too.
That's why I bought 3 pairs
Anyway, my alpha male is showing some colours now but still far from its true potential.
My tank is 422 and it's difficult to zoom all the way to the back

422? Very big and spacious for them to swim around. But breeding a lot of problems..

Tell you guys, feed live food the best way to enhance their colours.. For that size which you both had, I would say within one month feeding of live brine shrimp sure colours all pop out.. Wait see till my eyes get shockt

[shrimppaste]

Looking at these fishes makes me sad!! I bought a pair from Scope too. It was a very very nice male. But the female attacked it and it jumped to its death. Then I got another male. Next morning I woke up, the fin was all torn and it was dying. Didn't survive wither. Sigh. AND!!! Joe said the Whole Taiwan no more tefe cacadora!!!! AHHH! Sad!!!!

[joopsg]

Ask Naturalmystic to sell you one submale, pal.
But will he be willing to let go?

[exotic_idiot]

Yup, or either way you can sell him your female too? Seems too hot for any guys to handle... Red chilli hot hot pepper... Yummy...!