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Re: Apisto. 'Neon Head'
Simon,
Sounds like another new commercial name. I've never heard of it, but just the
name makes me think it might be A. sp. Blaukopf/Blue-head.
Mike Wise
Alicia and Simon Voorwinde wrote:
> Has anyone ever heard of Apisto 'neon head' ? I've just bought a pair of
> them and the LFS could not tell me what species they were. I got him to ring
> the supplier and the best they could do was that they may be A. borellii.
> They look like borelli ( from the pics on the krib ) but their heads are
> like the name says ( funny enough ! lol )) almost entirely electric blue.
> This is my first serious attempt at keeping apistos ( after several failed
> attempts with agassizi and cacuatoides and nearly 20 years of breeding West
> Africans ) so if anyone has any suggestions I'd be most appreciative.
>
> They are in a 30g tank atm that is planted with clumps of java fern, lots of
> wood and rock ( caves ) temp 28 deg C, pH a touch under 7, gH 4dgH, kH 2 dkH
> with subdued lighting, shared with some bristlenose, whiptails, otocinclus.
>
> Regards,
>
> Simon Voorwinde
>
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> P.S. sorry if this message appears twice - I posted it earlier and it seems
> to have disappeared into the ether !
>
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