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Apistogramma cacatuoides polychromatic

aarhud

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I apologize if this is covered/known. Unfortunately, I can't find the Peru trips from Tom's website. How polychromatic are A. cacatuoides compared species like A. agassizii?

My fish were labeled as "Peru", so is it safe to assume they most likely came from around Iquitos? Do you know if the area around Iquitos shows a range A. cacatuoide males in a range of different colors? I was told the really blue from of A. cacatuoides would be closer to Pucallpa. I have a male with a blue sheen and I would love for him to turn out like some of the blue forms of A. cacatuoides I have seen.

Thank you,
Aaron
 

Mike Wise

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My experience is that A. cacatuoides specimens from a single collecting location all tend to be the same color. Yes, there is some variation, but nowhere near that of A. agassizii where a single population can have 2 or more color morphs. Location around Iquitos are mostly what I call a yellow or grey color morph. Specimens Tom & I collected in the Río Napo and Putumayo had a nice bluish cast, but I wouldn't consider them true blue like those introduced in the 1970s and reportedly from around Pucallpa. I've never seen any cacs that blue. Also, my guess is that many of these populations are actually separate species.
 

aarhud

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Thank you Mike.

I'll grow mine out and see what they turn out like. I bet the blue sheen that I am seeing is just the grey juvenile colors and lighting. The two larger males show gold coloring.
 

Garri Ausmus

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My cacs are redish orange like fire. what i have found in this type ar X rated.... ok i mean X2, X3, and X4 describing how many sets of fins have the patern. Here is a pic of my x2 male and the x4 female in the back. Two spawns in 29 days for my pair. I had to separate them due to no more room for tanks in my fishroom. I put both batches, 100+ each into a %% gallon grow out tank. None of their tanks have heaters they do great at 69 to 70 degrees.
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dw1305

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Hi all,
My cacs are redish orange like fire. what i have found in this type ar X rated.... ok i mean X2, X3, and X4 describing how many sets of fins have the patern.
These were line bred from wild fish that showed some red tail marks and black chequering.

I also believe the "Orange Flash" strain was subsequently bred from the "Double Red" line, chequering is dominant over plain fins, so a lot of chequered fish are heterozygous for chequering.

Wild caught cacatuoides come in a variety of colour morphs, but not in "Double Red" etc.

cheers Darrel
 

Garri Ausmus

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middle of this vid is both Cac fry batches together in their 55 gallon grow out tank. salt and pepper sand
 

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