Re: Apistogramma moae

[David Sanchez <barbax2@yahoo.com>]

Yes I looked atthem and thats correct what a pretty
color form of that fish I had though I would love to
find them again, the Rotpunkt that is. As far as
A.moae is concerned I have had them as imports also
from Germany and I see them regularly on many list
still today. What are the key featrres to look for in
their ID Mike? Thanks.

Dave




--- Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@fgn.net> wrote:
> 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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