Mike What about separating the females. I have had problems in the past telling one specie female from another. Some sort of guide or key would be nice. Erick Jones just one of many failings I have :) -----Original Message----- From: owner-apisto@v2.listbox.com [mailto:owner-apisto@v2.listbox.com]On Behalf Of Mike & Diane Wise Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 8:43 AM To: apisto@v2.listbox.com Subject: Re: need help to identify apisto Patrick, I looked at all your photos. Many show juvenile fish or photos that are not good enough to identify. My guess is that the follow are: ident(1), 2, 3? 4? 6? & 9 - A. cf. eunotus Orangetail ident13 - A. borellii ident5, 8?, & 14 - A. sp. Rotpunkt ident12 - A. cf. eunotus but possibly A. sp. Masken. It hard to tell from the poor photo. My suggestion is keeping them together until the grow out. Each will be very different from the other once they mature - especially the size & shape of the caudal spot & the length, thickness, & shape of the lateral band. Compare these features on photos in good dwarf cichlid books & you should see a real difference. Hope this helps, Mike Wise Patrick 'ZapZap' Lin wrote: > Hello, > > > > I am in a bad situation , I receive some young fish from a friend, while > ago, but he make unfortunately a little mistake. > > He put all the fishes in the same bag. > > So I grow them to be able to try identification but it is hard. > > So I ask help :-) > > > > Here is some pics : http://zapzap.zwf.net/ident/ > > > > I am no a good photograph and the pics is not so good > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Regards > > ZapZap > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- 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 Trading at > http://blox.dropship.org/mailman/listinfo/apisto_trader ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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 Trading at http://blox.dropship.org/mailman/listinfo/apisto_trader ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- 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 Trading at http://blox.dropship.org/mailman/listinfo/apisto_trader