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Hongsloi female

yukondog

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I ordered a pair of Hongsloi, the female I received looks nothing like the female I have, there body shape is the same, the dorsolateral line is not a zipper shape but more solid, has the stripe through the eye but body color is not the mottled brown but blue colored, does this sound right?
 

yukondog

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Caught it and looked at it better, the line does have a zipper shape, but its blue as blue can get.
The new male and female [original female] are fighting, it looks like the female is the aggressor and she turned yellow while I was watching them, the new female is smaller also if that helps any.
 

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rappaz

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The male looks like a hongsloi for me, but i think the first female is a macmasteri "viejita" (not the true apistogramma viejita, an apistogramma macmasteri that is sold as viejita) but i'm not 100% sure with those pictures, take some more if you can

sorry for my bad english
 

rappaz

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I still can't say anything for sure... wait for mike wise or another expert member to help you
 

yukondog

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I tried to post it again, did anything work ok , I guess just because I can see it doesn't mean anybody else can. When it come to computers I suck at it.
 

Mike Wise

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Well from what I see now I can't say what they are. The photos don't show any real diagnostic features on the fish. I will say this, however. Don't worry too much about the body color since there are domestic 'A. hongsloi' that can be yellow or bluish. Body shape can be a problem, too. The domestic strains of this fish were in all likelihood developed by crossing several different forms/(species?). Some were slender, some deep-bodied.
 

yukondog

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So do you think all three of them are Hongsloi and can you tell if the two are females? I know the bottom left is a male the blue one. Someone told me that the top center one might be a Macmastri , from what I've been reading and looking up the Hongsloi is in that group, if so will the hongs and Mac cross breed? Don't want to, I prefer to keep all the same.
 

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