RE: Stray Apistos

[David Sanchez <barbax2@yahoo.com>]

Good tip! Thanx





- ---"Mroz, Tom"  wrote:
>
> A. gibbiceps will very often (but not absolutely always) exhibit the
> faint diagonal barring on the lower body behind the pectoral fins. 
This
> is a dead ringer identification point for this fish.  Most of the
recent
> Apisto books will show a picture of gibbiceps with this marking.  I've
> spotted gibbiceps contaminants in stores 3-4 times in the past 2 years
> by this ident. alone.  The trick is then to make positive ID of the
> females amongst the contaminants!
> 
> Tom
> 
> > ----------
> > From: 	Thomas Soelter[SMTP:Thomas.Soelter@ruhr-uni-bochum.de]
> > Reply To: 	apisto@majordomo.pobox.com
> > Sent: 	Friday, April 10, 1998 7:02 PM
> > To: 	apisto mailing list
> > Subject: 	Stray Apistos
> > 
> > Hi folks,
> > 
> > last monday i've found 3 stray apistos, perhaps a new macmystery.
The
> > shop assistant couldn't tell what it is, where it comes from
(surely a
> > contaminant) nor how much it costs (funny eh). A day later after
he's
> > asked for a price and i've picked them up: 2 males 1 female (i hope
> > it's
> > really a female - but there isn't a big difference) at a moderate
> > price
> > (40 DM for those 3 fish). These guys are aprox. 40 - 45 mm. Males
got
> > lyra tail, short extensions on dorsal.
> > 
> > Now i'm quite sure it's A.gibbiceps - maybe i'm able to photograph
> > them,
> > scan it and put it on the net - i'd be interested in your opinion.
> > Gibbiceps is a blackwater fish - right ? Are you able to tell about
> > values of pH, hardness, electric condutivity, food requirements ?
> > 
> > Thomas
> > 
> > 
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