beautiful male you have there Mike !! Yvan Alleau 712 NW Kings Blvd Corvallis, OR 97330 College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences Oregon State University office (Burt 222): 737-3649, to be used wisely! home: 738-0606 PLEASE NOTE NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS: yalleau@coas.oregonstate.edu "When you're far from everything, you're getting closer to the essential" -----Original Message----- From: owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com [mailto:owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com]On Behalf Of Three Guys Aquatics Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 10:26 PM To: apisto@listbox.com Subject: Re: spawning plus info Well Dominic, Here's a shot I took just now of my wild papagei male, you can take a look at this for a reference if needed. Hope it helps - let me know if you need pics of the female also. http://www.threeguysaquatics.com/pics/papagei.jpg Yep..I got some of those F1 fry on the way:) hehe They treat me good if I keep them calmed down. The female is the most defensive apisto I've kept, not sure if it's in the species, or just my pair don't like each other:) Once they spawn, better take the male out for a week or so, then she'll be fine with him, otherwise she has him pinned to the corner of the tank by the morning after the spawn. G'nite Mike Chappell ----- Original Message ----- From: "dominic" <apisto@planeteer.com> To: <apisto@listbox.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 12:35 AM Subject: Re: spawning plus info > Hi Mike > > Can you direct me to an image of A. sp. Papagei/Parrot? (I know, I need to buy > the book...). > > I've got a cruzi-type that I got as 'A. sp.Galaxis'. They're great parents - > one female has until just recently been defending her brood against a trio of > Aphyosemion sjoestdii (sp?) > > I'd like to positively identify them. > > Dominic > > Mike & Diane Wise wrote: > > > Ray, > > > > Helen Burns sent me some photos of A. sp. Galaxis > > about a year ago. They turned out to be the same > > as A. sp. Papagei/Parrot, a very beautiful member > > of the regani-complex from the Rio Ampiyacu. Your > > other fish are probably A. sp. > > Balzfleck/Courting-spot. This is an exceptionally > > small species, never exceeding 4 cm / 1¾" TL. I > > had some back in 1983. I put them in a grow-out > > tank to grow out, but they never did grow. They > > just spawned instead - in a bare tank! This is a > > clearwater fish from the upper Rio Branco around > > Boa Vista, Brazil. I'd suggest getting about 6 > > minimum since I found that they have a somewhat > > monogamous tendency. You can get more info on this > > species in Römer's Atlas. > > > > Mike Wise > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. > Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. apisto-digest@listbox.com also available. Web archives at http://lists.thekrib.com/apisto