Re: apisto melgar

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@fgn.net>]

Teresa,

A. sp. Nanay (Melgar) is a cruzi-like fish that is probably the same as A. sp.
Orangestreifen / Orange-stripes introduced in 1985 by Ingo Koslowski. It is not
the same as the fish that Römer introduced in Germany as A. sp. Nanay. His fish
is the same as A. sp. Papagei / Parrot. A. sp. Nanay (Melgar), as its name
suggests, comes from the Rio Nanay (Picuro Yacu del Nanay & Quebrada Mazancillo).
The Nanay is a blackwater river. Nanay (Melgar) was collected in water with a pH
of 5 - 5.5 & a conductivity of 10 - 15 µS/cm. As such, they should be kept and
bred in water similar to A. bitaeniata.

There is another fish from the same area that is probably the same species, just
a different color form. This fish shows a bright red ring around the outer orb of
the eyes. It has a more yellowish base color, faint stripes in the center of the
caudal fin, & more prominent abdominal stripes.

Mike Wise

TD7894@aol.com wrote:

> Hello, sigh, these have been at my LFS for about six weeks.  I have seen them
> several times as I go in to sell fish or plants and they are still not sold
> and yet looking incredibly healthy and colored up.  They look like the
> picture on Julio Melgar's site of Rio Nanay, the one labeled collected August
> 1999.  Does anybody have any info on water parameters, aggression, just
> generally what they are like.  I am sorely tempted, even at thirty dollars a
> pair.  Thanks, Teresa.
>
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