Hey, blame it one David. He's the one who told me, but I also saw this mentioned in the Aqualog. I've never dealt with smaragd myself. I suppose Apistos are adaptable enough that if they want to breed, they figure it out. Zack ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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