rogue's gallery

[Frauley/Elson <fraulels@minet.ca>]

Hello everyone,
I just recorded yet another eating of wrigglers by my Apisto agassizii
Alenquer. They are wonder to behold, but terrible parents, having
spawned and munched at least 15 times. The next time, I'll have to break
down and pilfer the eggs.
As I was contemplating this, I thought of something that could be useful
for the list archives in their various forms. I've seen references to
steindachneri as chronic egg and fry eaters, but I've only once seen the
species alive, and have not yet kept it. Agas have always been trouble
for me. 
Most of my apistos eat their first spawn then settle down. I can say
this for mcmasteri, veijita, hongsloi, panduro, njisseni, sp rotpunkt,
caeti, cacatuoides and Apistogrammoides pucallpaensis. For me, agas, sp
breitbinden, and biteniatum have never raised their fry (like M.
ramirezi, they all come from blackwater. Hmm. However, I've kept them in
rainwater, in water values that had tough West African nanochromis
breeding like rats). Which species have been chronic eggeaters (more
than four spawns in apparently good conditions) for others on the list?
It might be something for us all to look at, especially since Apistos
are so hard to get, and that's a big limiting factor to our learning
about them species by species.
-Gary Elson


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