phoenix44 Posted September 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Steel blues are no where as nice as agasazzi! You can compare steel blues to borellii. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativelover Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 60x30x45 so only suitable for one pair? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted September 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Of Agasazzi? No. The female will kill the male if they breed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativelover Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 what about any apistos or is tank to small for any? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Apistogramma "Steel Blue" are just as nice as agassizii, and you can buy them from $20-30 a pair. Trifasciata are nicer than steel blues, and they're about $50 a pair. Eunotus are realitavely cheap too, and they're really nice. Macmasteri aren't too expensive either, but they don't look very good. They have quite muddy colouration. Laetacara curviceps, or Dwarf Flags, are nicer looking than some Apistos, and grow to about 8cm, and you can get good-quality fish for as little as $10 a pair! Steel blues or eunotus are about all you will find on that list unfortunately the others may have been cheap when they were first brought in but now there are none around (I am unsure if there are even any pairs left after the Chch earthquake) they could be worth alot more. Cockatoos are nice fish and easily available and cheap bilbo on here has a tank filled with them and is selling them for something like $30 for 5 unsexed ones you could grow them out in a 2fter and then thin out what you don't want as you can sex them. Agassizi would be no good in a 2ft tank as Phoenix has said before spawning the male is aggressive and then after spawning the female is aggressive, I guess you could do it with a divider if you were really really good at watching the tank and figuring out when to remove it etc. Steel blues are nowhere near as nice as agassizi, and there is no comparison between true borellii (an amazing fish) and steel blues (which are commonly sold as borellii). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 I'm with you on the Agassizi P44 They are one good looking fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativelover Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 cool thanks everyone might try some cockatoos to start are they quite common in the petshops? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 No they are not unfortunately I have finally managed to breed mine and the plan is to move them with me and hopefully setup and breed them when I am living up there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativelover Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 ok are any dwarf cichlids? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 I may have some Agassizi for sale on here in a few months, fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativelover Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 okay cool i better start seting up my tank this week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 I had the privilege of seeing these fish today. Great job P44 they are looking really good and growing many times faster than I thought they would have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nativelover Posted September 10, 2010 Report Share Posted September 10, 2010 are those pots just normal ones from a plant shop or do they need to be special ones ? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted September 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 I had the privilege of seeing these fish today. Great job P44 they are looking really good and growing many times faster than I thought they would have. Thanks Win. They certainly have grown fast. Reading this thread and looking at the millions of pics I took as they grew up makes me feel happy as! are those pots just normal ones from a plant shop or do they need to be special ones ? thanks Just normal ones from a landscape place. They don't leach colour and are like $1 each. This is them today - Might keep this male actually :lol: Hasn't even coloured up yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted September 11, 2010 Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 Wow! Awesome P44! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted September 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 See his fat little belly? :lol: Colour bits. Starved them until they started eating it. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted September 11, 2010 Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 What are colour bits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted September 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 Tetra colour bits! Best food ever! It forms the staple diet of most if not all of my fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted September 11, 2010 Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 Wow what amazing fish! Your photography skills are fantastic! I NEED some of those fish!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 One of my babies today. I transferred two into my 4ft planted tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisP Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 LIES! Thats not a baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 :lol: They will always be babies to me :lol: -.- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-obstacle Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 :lol: They will always be babies to me :lol: -.- Female? how old? I'm thinking I got one of those damned sleepers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted October 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 ?? Female? That is a male through and through. They were sexable at 8 weeks of age or so. Then again, they did grow fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-obstacle Posted October 10, 2010 Report Share Posted October 10, 2010 ?? Female? That is a male through and through. They were sexable at 8 weeks of age or so. Then again, they did grow fast. Damnit! Now I'm even more confused. I'll have to get a pic of my suspect and post it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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