Re: apisto steel blue

["Joe Anderson" <the_submariner@hotmail.com>]

I do not have my 'pair' any more.  Lost them to a bacterial(?) 
infection/bloom in my planted tank.  Had the water clouded up for about a 
week.  AFter I cleard that up, the fish became ill and died shortly 
thereafter. (maybe another indication of poor genetic stock)  I had what I 
had assumed was a female.  She was much lighter and had a lot of the 
characteristics that i would prescribe to a female fish.  However, I never 
observed any spawning behavior or had any luck with them in the short time i 
had them.
Joe

----Original Message Follows----
From: "Scott Olson" <olson7@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: apisto@listbox.com
To: apisto@listbox.com
Subject: apisto steel blue
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 12:49:47 -0700


The trick with Steel Blues is that females are almost
> never shipped. This could be due to their lack of color, some genetic 
> >effect of >crossbreeding, or the temperature at which they are raised.

Or it could simply be that the breeder(s) want to maintain a corner on the 
market.  I've seen lots of these, owned a few, never yet seen a female.

Best,

Scott


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