Hi Ed,
Thanks for the kind comment. I am a planted hobbist. So I normally like to do a planted tank for my fishes. I believe my scape is a just a normal one. I believe there are some members here who has nicer scape.
The bad thing is this pair of apisto has deceased. Currently looking for another pair. This pair was specially brought in from HK by a friend.
Wonder if I am able to find another pair.
Does any member here in HK knows where I can get it again.
I really miss this pair
Hi Ed,
Thanks for the kind comment. I am a planted hobbist. So I normally like to do a planted tank for my fishes. I believe my scape is a just a normal one. I believe there are some members here who has nicer scape.
The bad thing is this pair of apisto has deceased. Currently looking for another pair. This pair was specially brought in from HK by a friend.
Wonder if I am able to find another pair.
Does any member here in HK knows where I can get it again.
I really miss this pair
Hi Blueblue,
it is a pleasure meeting you here.
Have seen pictures of some of your collection. Your collection is impressive
Think we chatted in AQ before.
Was wondering how much you paid for them?
Possible of pming me.
Might need to seek your advice/help to secure another pair.
This pair I gotten is definitely a Wilhelm strain. That why I was so sad when the pair died.
Hello, nice to see you here too and
thanks for your kind words.
The retail price of it in Hong Kong is about HK$680-880 a pair
of top quality ones
(1US$ = 7.8HK$).
In case you would like to shop for it in Hong Kong,
i'd see if some shops have it and let you know
Hi,
Thanks for the information. Will definitely seek your help when I need it.
That is around the price I pay last time for my previous pair.
Are they easy to breed? I didn't have a chance to breed them.
The female seems not interested to breed.
That's a gorgeous pair.....
makes me want to go apisto shopping in HK....
blue blue, when is a good time to shop in HK where there are lots of good varieties to choose from?
YES, quite easy to spawn. The only concern is, again,
the F1's performance is quite far from the parents'.
That bad for the F1s of wilhelm viejita? The F1s for the german eliz is still not too bad in my opinion. Blueblue, have you tried the german hongsloi? How does the F1 fare?
Hmmm...some colour enhancement treatement... Quite amazing to what they produce. Remembered somewhere in the forum about your pair of the Wild Eliz you have that went to Wilhelm for the colour enhancement.
Right; for eliza, i could also do it with the feeding of a variety of diets,
including some mini-organisms. However, hongsloi is really difficult to achieve
unless i try some chemicals (but that violates my rule of "natural" colour
enhancement)...
Essentially, if you ask me to comment on the F1's performance, my observation is:
Eliza F1 > viejita F1 >>> hongsloi F1 (all from wilhelm)
Eliza's F1 is good and i manage to get some F1s which are
as good as their parents
viejita's F1 is not too bad but i just don't feel the same
as wilhelm's. hongsloi's F1s are always unsatisfactory...
there must be some tricks in enhancing the colour for
hongsloi that we do not know.
Is the colour enhancement the same as what the discus breeders are practising?
Hi,
Wonder you got any pictures of your viejita F1 pictures?