new apistos

[fish_r]

got a cpl of apistos yesterday last time i brought so called apistos i got sold
Pelvicachromis Subocellatus.
this time i think i got i right :)

[Erk]

They look really neat fish_r! :D The first pic looks like they are laying on a pumpkin or something! haha

The one in the second pic is very neat looking...his back fin is nice and colorful

Good luck with them! :D

[arjay]

The top guy is A. agassizii and the bottom A. cacatuoides. The aggie is a pretty fish, did they come from the place on Anzac highway?

[oskastolz]

pretty good quality fish there fish_r, did you get some females for them - they are both boys!!!

[fish_r]

thx guys :)
i did get told they were both males, but they didnt have any females :( i got 3 of the cacs and 3 of the agassizi "males" and have just ordered 2 girls for each of them to play around with :)
also got a price on some double reds and was told $36ea is this expensive for them ?

they came from a shop in parafield Arjay...

[oskastolz]

it will really depend on the size and source of the ag. double reds - perhaps a bit expensive - I bought a beautiful mature breeding pair (unfortunately deceased now due to a nematode outbreak) for around that money last year the male was around 9cm (so full grown)

beautiful fish but..............

[Roy]

Now im really feeling the pressure to get some Apistos.
Beautiful fish.

Roy

[arjay]

Parafield eh... Good to see that there are Apistos floating around at a few different places now...

If you need any female cacs let me know, I have quite a few atm...

[Namn8r]

Nice fish Rob, Quality lookn as well. Price wise $36 for double red caca is pretty good for SA. Feed that caca tetra bits and he will colour up nicely.

[AussieStar]

As Borat would say
"Very Nice!"


O/T
i got my gear from asa today, so this weekend will start setting up my new plant apisto tank.

[DiscusEden]

Jaw-dropping fish_r! Lovely!

Very jealous now.

[fish_r]

i went and had a look at the agassizii double reds today and they looked really plain so i didnt bother with them

i'll give the tetra bits a go Namn8r, i usually feed colour bit flake, but have just started feeding a lot more colour enhancing foods now..

good luck setting up the apisto tank AussieStar, think i'm going to change my 3' x 18 x 18" into a dwarfs tank now as iv'e fallen in love with them now too...

thx for the feedback guys :)
P.S. ill send u a PM about the females arjay...

[starreys]

very nice, these guys can be quite addictive , i only have one at the moment but would love to get more

cheers

[Namn8r]

<Confused???> Thats a double red male aggie you have in the first pic rob...did you mean the ones left at the store are really plain?

[fish_r]

lol i didnt know that was a double red, i thought it was just a plain agassizii. i got 3 the same for $15 each, so looks like i got a good price then :)
i went to a different shop to have a look at what they were selling as double reds for $36ea "anzac h/way" but they looked nothing like the ones i have and were really plain looking and a lot smaller... hmmm i ordered plain female agassizii from them too thinking id'e get the the same as above...
thx for clearing that up for me Namn8r...

[Robdog]

Nice apisto's mate. Now that you have the dwarf bug you can stop worrying about spending big dollars for fish, right Th0mas!! :roll: :roll:

[fish_r]

at least there a bit cheaper than discus :wink:

[Th0mas]

Yeah - similar prices at a smaller size..... ;)

You'll also save on tank spaces too..... 8-)

[fishgeek]

the aggie in the top picture i wouldnt call a double red,
red should have a solid red tail not the patterned form in the photo

the patterned form is more like the alenquer form of aggies

[Namn8r]

We arent that lucky here in Australia Fishgeek, thats what we get as double reds, and thats a good lookn fish compared to the rubbish Ive seen around!

[fishgeek]

have a look at the hugh variation in aggies tails herehttp://www.rva.ne.jp/apisto/4.htm

i wouldn't like to call an aggie anything but an aggie the rest is just fluff to me( except the scale formation in tefe's)
many times the names are about collection sites and have no bearing on the actual look of the fish

double reds i just expect to have a solid red tail, i actually like the patterned tails more
mainly here in england we jsut get the red one's so i think you guy's are lucky

i guess the grass is always greener

andrew

[fishgeek]

my double red

[Robdog]

That's a lot redder than anything I've seen in oz. A lot of our's should be called Double Oranges if your's was the standard

[fish_r]

thx for the link fishgeek, will have a look when i get home this arvo.
wow what a stunning fish "great pic too"

[fishnben]

The cac. looks nice. I think the agg. is from some aussie bred stock going around we had some very similar ones at work. We also had some nice double red and gold red agg. from Gemany but there are only females left now and quite pricey unfortunatley.
Cheers Ben

[fish_r]

thx fishnben, the cacs are going well and eating lots but i lost an agassizii the other day :( the others seem ok...
think i might of seen the females u were talking about the other day :wink: