Apistogramma cacatuoides

[rnocera]

I picked up these two yesterday from the LFS I work in.

I'm assuming it's a 1:1 pair. This one is typical of everyone else in the tank-

Some had longer tail fins, but this one had the best combination of color & fins. It was hard to choose between a couple of them, but I don't want to end up with multiple males.

And there's what I'm assuming is a female. She was the only one out of the dozen or so to show fins like that, with the big rounded bit. But I haven't seen any females with tails quite this rounded. . . Any input there?

thanks,
Ronnie

 

[rnocera]

Sorry for the dark pics, there are tons of tannins in the water. My driftwood still hasn't stopped leeching, and it's been submerged for almost 2 months!

 

[mostlycichlids]

Very nice I love apistos!

 

[rnocera]

I actually found out my "female" is in reality a male A. agassizi, rather than A. cacatuoides. Kind of disappointing! I think I'll be trading the agassizi for a female cockatoo.

 

[pdbrady]

I actually found out my "female" is in reality a male A. agassizi, rather than A. cacatuoides. Kind of disappointing! I think I'll be trading the agassizi for a female cockatoo.

I was going to say that. Agassizi are very pretty in their own right. Cockatoos really are awesome though.