Some shots of my apistos (download warning...)

[parkap]

Must be photo night. Antwan put up some great pics of his little guys and girls. My shots aren't as good as Antwan's but you can get the general colours, etc, of them.

A couple shots of my new gold veijitas:
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/parkap/yellowgoldveijita02.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/parkap/yellowgoldveijita01.jpg

One of my male discrossus filamentosus (checkerboard cichlid). He just wouldn't sit still. I didn't think much of them when I first bought them - I only got them because my wife wanted them. But they've coloured up so amazingly.
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/parkap/dicrossusfilamentosus01.jpg

Another guy who wouldn't sit still. My remaining orange flash cacatuoide.
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/parkap/cacatuoideorangeflash01.jpg

My standard, juvenile, male cacatuoide.
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/parkap/cacatuoide02.jpg

Some shots of my new yellow blue borellii's. I couldn't get a shot of my best male. These guys are still prety young but I'm very happy with their development so far.
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/parkap/borellii03.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/parkap/borellii02.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/parkap/borellii01.jpg

I struggled for ages to get bitaeniata's that stayed alive in my tank. This guy was my last shot. Thankfully he's survived and thrived. He gets better and better as he grows.
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/parkap/bitaeniata02.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/parkap/bitaeniata01.jpg

Here's one of the juvenile male inka 50's I picked up from Th0mas on the weekend.
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/parkap/baenschiinka5001.jpg

Here are my two male agassizii tefe males.
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/parkap/agassiziitefe02.jpg
http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/parkap/agassiziitefe01.jpg

Regards,
Peter.

[Noddy65]

Very nice...where did you get the gold viejtas from?...they are spectacular..
Mike

[oskastolz]

ditto - those gold viejitas are fantastic....

[Th0mas]

These are from BNC if I'm correct.

[parkap]

Yep, from BNC at Matraville.

Barry only got in about 6 pairs. I got two pairs. They're great in the tank and starting to assert some dominance, which is leading to some great displays from all the different males in the tank. The dominant male is developing a bit more red, particularly in on the top and bottom lengths of his tail. (I couldn't get a shot of him last night. Will try and get some photos of him.)

In amongst all the other apisto's and plants in my display tank, it's amazing how much these gold veijita's actually look like salt water fish in there.

And in a totally opposite situation to when most of us apistophiles get a new unusual species in, these have actually proven to be very hardy and are thriving in their new home. If barry gets more in once my fishrom is set up I'll definitely get a couple more pairs for a breeding program.

p.

[antwan]

Nice pics Parkap. I love those Inka 50's. As far as I know there's only a couple of people in the country with them here, they're a fish I'd love to get my hands on.

[k0b0i]

ask Th0mas... maybe he can ship for you...

hehehehe

[k0b0i]

Nice pics btw parkap...

thanks for sharing :)

[Th0mas]

Think we're in a similar situation here. But generally there's not many apisto breeders around anyway.

Shipping to NZ would be expensive though, and I'm not even sure of the rule in sending live fish into NZ - assume it will be similar to OZ.

Thomas.

[AussieStar]

can you show us some full tank shots, im gettting back into dwarfs and getting idead for a planted dwarf tank. YOur fish are are beautiful cant wait to get the money to get them back going in my tanks

[parkap]

can you show us some full tank shots, im gettting back into dwarfs and getting idead for a planted dwarf tank. YOur fish are are beautiful cant wait to get the money to get them back going in my tanks

Hi Aussie,

Check out this thread. Other than plantin more crypts and the plants growing a lot since then, it's basically how it is now.

http://www.discusforums.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=8814

Peter.

[AussieStar]

your a legend, and your tanks are beautiful, gave me heaps of ideas. Thanks heaps

[Robdog]

One question Peter, how do you manage the different levels of gravel? Do you have barriers in place or do they just level out over time?
It's a good affect

[parkap]

One question Peter, how do you manage the different levels of gravel? Do you have barriers in place or do they just level out over time?
It's a good affect

Thanks Aussie.

Hi Rob,

I used to use lengths of glass for small areas, which gives a great effect of a gravel wall.

For this design I've used some landscaping walls I got from one of the Strictly Aquariums shops. Don't think much of their fish usually but they have a big range of landscaping ods and ends. I've got two sizes, 1ft and 6inches long, give or take. they're about 2-3 inches high. They're coloured really well too so they blend in with the other tank colours, particularly as I've got the latex rock wall on the back.

I've actually used them in previous tank designs to make a terrace effect. Looked really good. But it does take a lot of gravel to fill in the area. I usually use an upturned terracota pot or some big rocks on the bottom and fill the rest in with gravel. A lot easier that way.

Peter.

[Ben]

Stunning photo's to say the least!

thanks heaps for sharing.

Ben