Apisto ID

[Cfisher]

Does anyone know what kind of Apistogramma juvenile this is? They are between 2-3 months old and the ventral fin has a slight reddish tint. Thanks.

 

[Borderlesscott]

They look more like young Bolivian Rams or German Rams than Apisto's, hard to see properly from the picture on my phone - but any Apisto fry I've seen don't have that body shape.

 

[Cfisher]

That'd be a nice surprise. My lfs raised them from eggs and says they are not rams but some smaller cichlid. The lfs does not have the parents nor have they seen them.

 

[Cfisher]

Anyone else agree they are actually rams?

 

[Borderlesscott]

I'm definitely thinking Bolivian.

 

[Cfisher]

Thanks. Do you think 8 of them would work as the only bottom dwellers in a planted 80 gallon?