Re: Apistogramma moae

[David Sanchez <barbax2@yahoo.com>]

I worked with A.moae back in 1992 and my experiences
with them echo what Zack said and many others. I found
them very easy to breed. I had wild specimens at the
time and I remember they were housed in 20 longs with
flower pots. I had one male to 3 females in these
setups and I was amazed at how fast they adapted and
spawned for me. My male I will never forget he was a
very bright creamy biege color with just black eyes
and fin tips. An outstanding little fellow none of the
other males I had came close to this one. I also
remember them being very prolific and easy to breed.
Good luck

Dave


--- Zack Wilson <aquamaniac@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Well, it's nice to see that there's some hope for
> the moae to get passed
> around in the hobby. When I got them and spawned
> them back in, I think '00,
> I had never even heard of them let alone seen them
> before. Apparently they
> haven't warranted much attention. I wasn't terribly
> impressed with them at
> first, but the male finally colored up and actually
> looked pretty nice. Even
> up to now I only knew of a small handful of people
> who had them, all from my
> spawns. I actually regret selling them all off now,
> but maybe I'll get my
> chance at them again. I suppose I could just order a
> box of norberti again
> and see if I get lucky.
> 
> They weren't really what I would call a challenge to
> spawn. I pretty much
> put them in a tank, fed them when I thought of it,
> and they did their thing.
> I set them up in a 15 with a few other Apisto spare
> parts. The water was on
> the soft side, probably 3-4dKH, pH 6.5-7 with small
> gravel substrate and
> only one clay flowerpot. Once they hit maturity it
> didn't take long for them
> to spawn. The female was a very diligent parent all
> the way through, and the
> male pretty much stayed out of the way. I only
> spawned them twice before
> selling off the pair. They weren't super productive,
> maybe 20-30 fry from a
> spawn, but enough to start a good new generation.
> Kind of made me wonder why
> they weren't more common in the hobby.
> 
> Zack 
> 
> 
>
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