Apisto ID Please

[Fordtrannyman]

I got these wild caught Apistos. at the begining of the month from Dan Woodland during his visit to our club meeting.
I can't remember their name. I've already Pm'ed him! Quite stunning dwarf!

Female with 1-Day old Fry



Male - Checking out his reflection

[Mike Wise]

Same as on the apisto forum: A. trifasciata (A. cf. trifasciata Guaporé).

[Dan Woodland]

Apistogramma trifasciata from Rio San Matin near Bell Vista Bolivia to be exact.

[Fordtrannyman]

Dan-Is it possible this female is an A. agassizii and was already gravid?

[Ken Boorman]

Dan-Is it possible this female is an A. agassizii and was already gravid?

Uummmmm, gravid is really only used in livebearers. As an egglayer, if she had eggs in her she would be Ovigerous. (sorry to be pedantic)

Ken

[Mike Wise]

No, the female seems to show a faint hint of the diagonal band on her abdomen & is showing typical A. trifasciata brood dress, too. She also shows short serrations on the front spines of the dorsal fin (aggies have blunt spines), and the body is deeper and not as elongated as that of A. agassizii.

[Dan Woodland]

Thanks for the replies guys. I was out of town for the weekend.

Fordtrannyman, Jeff and Mike are correct.

Congrats on breeding them, enjoy.

[Fordtrannyman]

Very Cool! Thank you so much. These is an amazing sp. The parental care is phenominal.
I'm already gathering up more equipment and making plans for Apisto Species only tanks.

[Hudson Ensz]

Wow its so nice to get back on this forum so sorry for waiting so long. nice fish i whish my apistos were breeding i suggest you send it to me

[Hudson Ensz]

Insane!!!! i saw one of those today and thought it was a healthy gibbicep :

[apistomaster]

Hi Hudson,
You should ask for the book, South American Dwarf Cichlids by Hans J. Mayland and Dieter Bork, ISBN 3-931-70229-4, Verlag A.C.S.
I think you would really enjoy it and it would be a big help in identifying all the Dwarf Cichlids you have access to beside all the species profiles.
Just a suggestion for your Birthday or other Holiday present to ask for. Amazon.com usually has some good deals on used copies.

[Hudson Ensz]

I will deffinately look it up. hey my birthday is in less then two weeks would it be too much to ask what a good price would be?
unfortunately i may not have apistos to look up after my tank disaster

[apistomaster]

Hudson,
If you buy a used copy from amazon.com the book may be less than $20 US but it is much more new. All the used books I have bought off amazon.com have been in very good condition.

[Hudson Ensz]

Good price!!! how many pages? are there photos?

[Ken Boorman]

You can find information on the book here:

http://www.lisaslairbookstore.com/books/Freshwater-Aquarium/464/South-American-Dwarf-Cichlids---Apistogramma%2C-Crenicara%2C-Microgeophagus

As everyone said, look around and you should be able to locate a good used copy for less than I would charge for it brand new.

HTH,

Ken