Re: Apistogramma moae

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

Dave,

A. moae first entered the hobby in 1995 as specimens collected by Elsässer in
the Rio Moá. Römer is incorrect when he says that Koslowski's Orange-stripes is
A. moae. This fish is more closely related to A. cruzi.

The fish you discussed back then in Cichlid News was actually A. sp. Rotpunkt -
a very different fish entirely.

Mike Wise

David Sanchez wrote:

> 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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