From: Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>
Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com
To: apisto@listbox.com
Subject: Re: Diffrerence between 'wild-caught' and 'tank-bred'?
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 09:25:20 -0600
Arthit,
A. cacatuoides usually sells under its own name. Probably the most common
species coming into the US as miscellaneous apistos are a mix of wild
caught A.
bitaeniata with A. agassizii. Without seeing the fish it is hard to say
what
they are. Most domestic bred apisto species are similar to wild caught
species.
Only a few species have been "enhanced" by line breeding. A. cacatuoides,
A.
agassizii, A. hongsloi, & "A. viejita" CF II are the ones that come to
mind.
Mike Wise
Arthit Prasartkul wrote:
> 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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