RE: Apisto 'orange' = Apisto atahualpa :-)

[nathan hunnam <apistogramma@artic.net>]

if u are ever sucsesful in breeding them. i would be interesten on buying them. canu also tell me about the species. one od the names for A.atahualpa is A.sp."sunset"

> NaturalDTP@aol.com kirjoitti:
> Just a follow up to a message I posted a while back (thanks Mike for helping 
> then). 
> 
> My Apisto spp. 'orange'  have eventually coloured up and are definately 
> atahualpa.  I bought 2 males 3 females (there was another female at the LFS 
> but it was very ill) and the alpha male and 2 females have coloured up 
> similar to the pictures on the 'krib' website.  My fish seem to be a darker 
> 'mahogany orange' colour.
> 
> I intend to make a serious attempt to breed these georgeous fish, but have to 
> say they are the most nervous and aggressive Apistos I've ever kept (by some 
> margin). I moved them to a very, very densly planted 42x18x18" tank with lots 
> of caves and bogwood as the alpha male hunted the other fish down in a 
> planted 36x15x15". 
> 
> Has anyone had any success with breeding this species or even know what the 
> preffered water conditions are - I am keeping them at pH 5.8, 80F, very soft 
> water and they seem to be thriving.  Is there anything in the Uwe Romer book 
> which someone could kindly translate from the german?
> 
> Alan W
> 
> 
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