A little trigger happy with the camera today

[bunnie1978]

Right side of my 29g display stocked with a wild male Apistogramma Cacatuoides and 2 domestic triple red females. Also a couple bristlenose plecos.


Left side. I rescaped this tank last week. You can see one of the females nose sticking out in the back.


One of the females nesting. I couldn't really see in there very well, but it doesn't look like she's spawned yet


I had a really hard time getting great pictures of the male. He has really long fins, but not very colorful. I hope that when he breeds with the domestic females, I'll get the longer fins AND some color!








Here are some 100% wild blood A. Cacatuoides fry!!! I've been keeping apistos for 6 months, and my first brood are wilds!!!

[fishme]

Very nice tank and fish. I'm not really very familiar with them.

[bunnie1978]

thanks. They are south american dwarf cichlids. They prefer soft acidic slow flowing water, lush vegetation, and high protein diets.

[bunnie1978]

I noticed some eggs with the female in this tank the other day. She is aggressively guarding her cave too. She had eggs once before but there were only a few and no wigglers ever showed up. Perhaps this time will be better. Babies would be F1 50% wild. The babies that are growing out are all wild, and I have another half wild blood brood in another tank as well.

[oneyoda]

Excellent Pictures! I definately need to practice!

[bunnie1978]

Thanks!