Well I guess the fish know better than I do. I have a community tank with "lots" of different Apisto's in it and some of them have died. (see "killer tank" ). someone sent me an extra Male rotpunct and he mated with the "unknown female" from your description he did the proper thing and I won't worry about it anymore thank you. :-) Mike & Diane Wise wrote: > > > If I am "reading between the line" correctly, you are having problems deciding > whether or not you have eunotus females or Rotpunkt females. This is difficult > for at least 3 reasons: 1) they are closely related species & look a lot alike; ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the apistogramma mailing list, apisto@listbox.com. For instructions on how to subscribe or unsubscribe or get help, email apisto-request@listbox.com. Search http://www.digital.com for "Apistogramma Mailing List Archives"!