Dwarf Cichlids...

[Graypony]

Looking for Apistogramma Agassizii. Saw in DC area shop recently for
20$ EACH!! I think not. There HAS to be better than that! (Still in
the DC area)

Any ideas folks?

:-)

Gray
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The older we get, the fewer things
seem worth waiting in line for!
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[Mr. Gardener]

On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:29:06 GMT, Graypony > wrote:

>Looking for Apistogramma Agassizii. Saw in DC area shop recently for
>20$ EACH!! I think not. There HAS to be better than that! (Still in
>the DC area)
>
>Any ideas folks?
>
>:-)
>
>Gray
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>The older we get, the fewer things
>seem worth waiting in line for!
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LiveAquaria.com has "assorted" Apistos for 7.99 - but doesn't look
like you get to choose.

http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=1087

-- Mr Gardener

[paul.irwin]

"Graypony" > wrote in message
...
> Looking for Apistogramma Agassizii. Saw in DC area shop recently for
> 20$ EACH!! I think not. There HAS to be better than that! (Still in
> the DC area)
>
> Any ideas folks?
>
> :-)
>
> Gray
> ----------------------------------
> The older we get, the fewer things
> seem worth waiting in line for!
> ----------------------------------

You might see what's going on here. http://www.capitalcichlids.org/

[dc]

Graypony > wrote in news:a5p302lp251anich6l0md4uo154d6tmf1g@
4ax.com:

> Looking for Apistogramma Agassizii. Saw in DC area shop recently for
> 20$ EACH!! I think not. There HAS to be better than that! (Still in
> the DC area)

You usually get what you pay for when it comes to apistos. Any cheaper
than that and you'll probably be picking from a group of inbred unsexable
juveniles, some with bent spines. I've seen them at work for as cheap as
$7 retail, but they were puny and far to young to sex.

The place I got my agassizii from was asking CND$50 each for mature males
and females, but I got them for about half that. They are gorgeous
specimens and started breading within two hours of placing them in my tank.

[Graypony]

On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:20:48 GMT, "paul.irwin"
> wrote:

>
>"Graypony" > wrote in message
>> Any ideas folks?

>You might see what's going on here. http://www.capitalcichlids.org/

Looks like a promising start. Thank you Paul

>

Gray
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The older we get, the fewer things
seem worth waiting in line for!
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[Graypony]

On Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:47:45 -0600, dc > wrote:

> started breading within two hours of placing them in my tank.

I remember when I was [much] younger and all suggestions were to start
with 6 or so healthy juveniles, raise them and pair off naturally.
that was the part that was almost as good as breeding them. The
natural process.

As long as they're healthy!


Gray
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The older we get, the fewer things
seem worth waiting in line for!
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[Richard Sexton]

In article >,
Graypony <Noone> wrote:
>Looking for Apistogramma Agassizii. Saw in DC area shop recently for
>20$ EACH!! I think not. There HAS to be better than that! (Still in
>the DC area)
>
>Any ideas folks?

What morph? The original wild types are basically red or blue forms,
the blue being the most common. There are tank bred color morphs
as well these days whhc command a fairly high price.

The Czech republic breeding cooperatives crank these things out
like crazy, try to find a store that orders from them. I know
the Menagerie in Toronto does.

They show up on Aquabid fairly often but not so much in cold months
and it's very very cold hre at least right now. -26C.

Look them up in google

apistoggramma agassizi price

wuld be what I could use.

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[Richard Sexton]

In article >,
dc > wrote:
>You usually get what you pay for when it comes to apistos. Any cheaper
>than that and you'll probably be picking from a group of inbred unsexable
>juveniles, some with bent spines. I've seen them at work for as cheap as
>$7 retail, but they were puny and far to young to sex.

That's when you buy them all :-)

>The place I got my agassizii from was asking CND$50 each for mature males
>and females, but I got them for about half that. They are gorgeous
>specimens and started breading within two hours of placing them in my tank.

They do that quite often. The spring rains in the Amazon trigger themso any change
into clean fresh water usually does it. Oddly they're the only fish that
lays bright cherry red eggs.

Here's a pair I had that spawned as soon as I put them in a tank
upon getting them home.

http://images.aquaria.net/fish/cichlids/Apistogramma/agassizi/red/

These are the res form. The blue has blue in the tail not red.

I make no apologies for the psychadelic gravel. I got it and
the 15 gal tank for $3 in a yard sale (and threw away the
tacky plastic plants)


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