Re: Apistogramma galaxis

[Frauley Elson <fraulels@videotron.ca>]

Bailin,
Just to add a bit - this becomes a slightly 'complex' question, really.
I've seen at least three "galaxis", all very similar and all Peruvian. I
have a lightly coloured, pale blue form, still a nice fish but lacking
the intense blues and reds of the other forms, that has successfully
spawned in my tapwater (pH 7.4, 140 ppm), where another form I have
spawns endlessly but won't hatch unless I go for soft water, as Mike
suggested. 
-Gary Elson

Mike & Diane Wise wrote:
> 
> Bailin,
> 
> This is the first time I've heard the name used in the US. In the UK it is
> often used instead of A. sp. Papagai/Parrot (thanks to Helen Burns for sending
> me photos of Galaxis). This beautiful Peruvian fish (Rio Ampiyacu) should be
> bred in water conditions similar to A. agassizii (slightly soft & slightly
> acid).
> 
> Mike Wise
> 
> Bailin Shaw wrote:
>


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