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I'll get a pair moved to a decorated tank hopefully tonight or early tomorrow and work on more pics with a real camera then. But here are a few more cell pics.
And yes, they all have that blotch on the gill
Attatched are 2 pictures of a male of the fish I received last week as well as a picture from Asia of the fish I think they are.
I just found out about an hour ago that they were collected from the Itaya River in Peru.
The Asian picture is labeled
Apistogramma cf. eunotus "Schwanzstreifen”...
Certainly looks like a tank strain male Pelvicachromis pucher (common krib). There are MANY natural color forms and several selectivly bred forms as well. Even siblings can look very different from each other.
I just updated my instock list at www.aquaticclarity.com
Lots of Apistos in stock as well as other South American dwarf cichlids and even some West African dwarf cichlids.
Short Tanks:
1) more tanks on the wall
2) cuts down on aggression by limiting the line of sight-the aggressive fish, often the dominant male, can't gain a longer line of sight by moving up in the water column. These means that leaf litter in the tank provides plenty of safe hiding spots and I...
VERY similar but I believe how the eggs are laid is different. Pelvicachromis eggs are laid tightly against the cave surface while Enigmatochromis eggs are on extended threads, they actually wave at you with the mildest of water movement! Enough of a difference to a separate genus (although...