Re: Apistogramma galaxis

["Bailin Shaw" <bailin_shaw@hotmail.com>]

Thanks Mike and Gary,

Do you know of any sites that might have a picture of the various forms of 
Apisto galaxis?  I'd like to bring the picture in to make certain that these 
are actually what the seller says they are.  The person who runs the fish 
room is fairly knowledgeable and usually has some sort of interesting fish.  
In fact he has some small licorice gouramis that I couldn't resist getting.  
Pretty neat little guys, but they're not eating and I think that I'll have 
to hatch baby brine to get them to eat.  Sorry about going off topic.

How large do the galaxis get?  There are definitely two males and fours 
females in the tank and I'd like to get some of the younger if possible.

Thanks.


> From: Frauley Elson <fraulels@videotron.ca>
> Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com
> To: apisto@listbox.com
> Subject: Re: Apistogramma galaxis
> Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 15:39:02 -0400
>
> 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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