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Re: Re colorful apistos
Mike,
I am confused about the vertical rows of spots on
the tails. My fish don't have these (at least
I have not noticed any). However, if memory serves,
the pictures of A. cruzi in Mayland and Bork and
possibly Aqualog do have these. I know these books
are known to be somewhat less than accurate as far
species identification but I remember thinking as
I was reading Mayland and Bork that the vertical
rows of spots on the tails of the A. cruzi were the
one obvious difference between my fish and the
pictures. I wonder if the fish in Mayland and Bork
are not A. cruzi. I will haved to look at them again
when I get home from work.
Paul Evans
--- Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>
wrote:
> Yes, it is close to both A. eunotus & A. cruzi. At
> normal Rio Tahuayo water
> conditions (pH<6 and very soft) the male's body is
> almost entirely blue. Unlike
> A. cruzi, the tail of the male shows a series of
> vertical rows of spots
> (sometimes very faint). A. eunotus shows a split in
> Bar 6 below the lateral band.
> A. sp. Rio Tahuayo doesn't show this split.
>
> Mike Wise
>
> Paul Evans wrote:
>
> > This sounds very similar to the A. cruzi that
> > I have. Orange caudal, abdominal stripes, orange
> > pectoral spot, very long dorsal, anal, and ventral
> > fins. The body has obvious blue sheen with some
> > scales very bright blue. I would not call it a
> > bright blue over all. I have been keeping them in
> > water that is near neutral (slightly over to
> slightly
> > under depending on the plants using the CO2 I am
> > injecting). They spawned in water that was ph
> 6.8,
> > KH=2, GH=1.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > --- Vern Wensley <vernwen@home.com> wrote:
> > > I forgot to mention that they have abdominal
> > > stripes.
> > > Vern
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Vern Wensley <vernwen@home.com>
> > > To: apisto - digest <apisto@listbox.com>
> > > Date: April 28, 1999 7:37 AM
> > > Subject: Re colorful apistos
> > >
> > >
> > > >Hi Mike,I have a fish here that looks like the
> > > description you gave of
> > > >A.sp.Rio Tahuayo.Orange caudal,blue body and it
> has
> > > a orange pecteral
> > > >spot,like eunotus.Are the anal and dorsal fins
> long
> > > on the rio tahuayo?When
> > > >I first got them I thought they were a very
> > > colorful eunotus fish.I put
> > > them
> > > >in my dicrossus tank,ph below 5,and they turned
> a
> > > very beautiful blue,then
> > > I
> > > >moved them to another tank where the ph was
> around
> > > 6 and they lost alot of
> > > >the blue.Whatever I have they are a beautiful
> fish.
> > > >Vern
> >
> >
> >
>
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Yes, it is close to both A. eunotus & A. cruzi. At
normal Rio Tahuayo
water conditions (pH<6 and very soft) the male's
body is almost entirely
blue. Unlike A. cruzi, the tail of the male shows a
series of vertical
rows of spots (sometimes very faint). A. eunotus shows
a split in Bar 6
below the lateral band. A. sp. Rio Tahuayo doesn't
show this split.
<p>Mike Wise
<p>Paul Evans wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>This sounds very similar to the
A. cruzi that
<br>I have. Orange caudal, abdominal stripes,
orange
<br>pectoral spot, very long dorsal, anal, and ventral
<br>fins. The body has obvious blue sheen with
some
<br>scales very bright blue. I would not call it
a
<br>bright blue over all. I have been keeping
them in
<br>water that is near neutral (slightly over to
slightly
<br>under depending on the plants using the CO2 I am
<br>injecting). They spawned in water that was
ph 6.8,
<br>KH=2, GH=1.
<p>Paul
<p>--- Vern Wensley <vernwen@home.com> wrote:
<br>> I forgot to mention that they have abdominal
<br>> stripes.
<br>> Vern
<br>> -----Original Message-----
<br>> From: Vern Wensley <vernwen@home.com>
<br>> To: apisto - digest <apisto@listbox.com>
<br>> Date: April 28, 1999 7:37 AM
<br>> Subject: Re colorful apistos
<br>>
<br>>
<br>> >Hi Mike,I have a fish here that looks like the
<br>> description you gave of
<br>> >A.sp.Rio Tahuayo.Orange caudal,blue body and it
has
<br>> a orange pecteral
<br>> >spot,like eunotus.Are the anal and dorsal fins
long
<br>> on the rio tahuayo?When
<br>> >I first got them I thought they were a very
<br>> colorful eunotus fish.I put
<br>> them
<br>> >in my dicrossus tank,ph below 5,and they turned
a
<br>> very beautiful blue,then
<br>> I
<br>> >moved them to another tank where the ph was
around
<br>> 6 and they lost alot of
<br>> >the blue.Whatever I have they are a beautiful
fish.
<br>> >Vern
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