A lovely Apistogramma from Peru, my favourite species from Apistogramma genus. It is not an easy species when it comes to getting good sex ratio from the spawns, and the clue of successful keeping of this fish is to have a really good quality of water, but with moderately low pH. The pH should be kept between 5.5-6.0 range, PPM as low as possible and temperature not really high, as it is species from Peru, about 21-25 celsius degrees. In such water parameters we can achieve an even sex ratio, and the fish will live long and happily! I was first one who bred this fish in Poland, and I'm working with that species for over 3 years if I'm counting correctly.
Wild male:
Fish that I raised from spawn of wild female and F1 male bred by me:
Erik got some fry from fish shown on photos above, I'm patiently waiting for their photos after they will grow up!
Apistogramma ortegai ex. sp. "Papagei"
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They are really stunning!
You didn’t show me these pictures already didn’t you?
I consider myself as very lucky in getting fishes from you. For the photos you will need to wait a while and I ´m not sure to take some with the same quality!
You didn’t show me these pictures already didn’t you?
I consider myself as very lucky in getting fishes from you. For the photos you will need to wait a while and I ´m not sure to take some with the same quality!
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You might seen this photos on my fanpage, but I'm not sure if you did! Facebook fanpage where I post my fish and other animals
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Daniel Mejia told me once some Apistogramma have a "strategy" or should I saw a sequence of events. Early in the breeding season only females come out from the spawning. Thus, they have enough time to grow up properly and then males are produced leading to even sizes. It must be temperature related or conductivity related. Uwe Roemer told for some Apistogramma only males are produced at high temperature (due to deforestation, the water get higher temperatures).
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Photos de Colo sauvegardées d'Aquadico
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