Diffrerence between 'wild-caught' and 'tank-bred'?

[Arthit Prasartkul <arthitp@ksc.th.com>]

Hi all,
I've just got three might-be A. cacatuoides from an imported fish store in
Bangkok. Since Apistos and other dwarfs cichilds are not popular over here.
There were only 2 tanks of Apistos for me to choose. One was labeled only
'Apistogramma', which I thought it would be A. cacatuoids. (their colors
are not as shown in the Krib though, they were just dark brown!) Do I have
to wait til they settle down in my tank, right? I'd like to know whether it
is wild-caught or tank-bred, I was just told that they were imported from
Singapore. Can you tell any difference between the two? Does it vary in
certain species? I need to learn a lot more about this.

The other tank was labeled "Big Yellow Band". Is it a common for any
Apisto? They were a bit more expensive, I just want to check first what it
is and I can go back and buy them. No one will be interested in this fish
and I'll surely get them, any time in future.

Thanks a lot,
Arthit



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