Re: My Apistography

[Pete Johnson <petej@tlg.net>]

Richard> And is my favorite one.

The general form, coloration and beautiful spade-shaped tail of A. 
agassizii make it an easy favorite. I was struck to notice last year in 
Peru that the paddles the natives use to propel their dugouts on the 
upper Amazon are shaped like the tails of aggies.  They must like them, 
too.

I've only kept Apisto species for about three years and had never seen 
aggies until last year, when we caught them in Peru. I now have about 15 
wild aggies luxuriating in a 2 x 4-foot tank. My first spawns suffered 
fin damage from nitrate poisoning (my fault -- gotta do more water 
changes!!!), so I'm asking the Apisto gods for a second chance.

BTW, is there any way I can see an archive of messages for this list? 
It's great to find messages popping into my mailbox now, but I'd like to 
see what went before.


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Pete Johnson        San Jose, CA       petej@tlg.net
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