Re: Two Questions

["Mike Jacobs" <mjacobs2@Tampabay.rr.com>]

Gary..........in response to your question and the gentleman that asked the
first question: I got 2 pr. of Nannac. aureocephalus from Julio Melgar....oh
maybe 7-8-9 months ago.  The big male was about 4" and just really nifty.
Not flashy....just golden and nice.  The females were 1/2 the size or less
and were super mothers.  Spawns were 60 or so fry.  I gave he whole bunch
away because the name wasn't Apisto.......every now and again I'm sorry I
did that.  Spawn were relatively easy......pH about 7.4 hardness nothing
super.......temp. about 78degrees.  Nice fish!  With the big male around the
smaller male only got to 2 1/2 " to 3".

Mike

Mike Jacobs
Math Instructor, Center for Advanced Technologies
Lakewood H.S., St Pete, Fl.
mfjacobs@geocities.com
mikejacobs2@tampabay.rr.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Frauley/Elson <fraulels@minet.ca>
To: apisto@admin.listbox.com <apisto@admin.listbox.com>
Date: Sunday, May 02, 1999 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: Two Questions


>Steph & Dave wrote:
>>
>> Firstly:
>>
>> There is an apisto being sold in Australia at the moment under two
>> names, Blue Neon apisto and A. resticulosa.  According to my Linke &
>> Staeck (which finally arrived via the slow boat from amazon.com :) this
>> fish is NOT A. resticulosa.
>>
>> It has a fairly 'chunky' body shape and the entire head is covered with
>> bright blue-green 'worm markings' including on top of the head and
>> between the eyes.  Some have a yellow throat and some a whitish throat
>> area.  Apart from the head markings the rest of the body is quite plain
>> blue grey.  The LFS told me the colour of the throat indicated the sex
>> (yellow= male, white = female) but I would have expected a higher degree
>> of dimorphism.
>>
>> Can any one put a positive id on this?
>>
>> Secondly:
>> I am planning to get a pair of Nannacara aureocephalus.  Other than
>> whats in Linke & Staeck can any one add any pearls of wisdom about these
>> fish?  Spawing experiences etc..
>> I am planning on keeping them in the 4ft 'south american' tank with
>> juveniles angels, borelli, bristlenose and black neons.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Steph
>
>Hi Steph,
>The resticulosa fish is being sold as the same in Canada too. One local
>importer won't stock it because he believes it to be a hybrid. I don't
>know what he bases this opinion on. I hope he's wrong, it's a lovely
>beast. They certainly breed true.
>They are also sold as veijita, which they certainly aren't.
>While I'm passing along rumours - I've never seen N aureocephalus but I
>was told specimens being kept in Germany have hit a solid 12cm, big for
>a dwarf. If anyone on the list has kept the species I'd love to hear if
>that can be confirmed or not.
>The fish rumourmonger signs off,
>Gary
>
>
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