apistogramma "sunburst" cacatuoides

[timwag2001]

i have two male sunburst and one female (had another but lost her).
my males randomly lose color (mostly the lateral line will fade out) and other times they start turning dark grey. is there any reason you can think of for this?

 

[FishCrazyBenBOMB]

Um.... Well I got do ideas for the reason of this, both of which I have experienced with my african cichlids.


Idea number one. I had 2 female cichlids of the same sp. One ended up changed color completely because it changed sexed. But since you have 2 males and 1 female, I don't think that would be the case.

Idea number two. My one cichlid is normally a kind of palish color while he is just chillin or swimming around. Once he starts trying to defend territory and/or chasing food or fish, his true colors came out. It could be that, but I don't know for sure.

Truthfully that's all I can think of, that's what I have experience.

Hope you get somewhere with that info .

 

[kribensis12]

First off, can i see a pic? I have never heard of Apistogramma " Sunburts". Do you have a scientific name? Are you posotive they are both male? If they are both male, they probably scare the crap out of eachother, the one who is scareing the other, will be the darker, more colorful one.

 

[timwag2001]

i have a few pics in my album but my camera sucks and my fish are camera shy. but here is a link to the place that i buy my fish from. they have some nice pics of a double red that i really want.

here is the link to their South American Dwarf Cichlids picture page
Gallery | Uncle Ned's South American Dwarf Cichlids

and this pic looks like my fish the most
Gallery | Uncle Ned's South American Dwarf Cichlids | Apistogramma cacatuoides - Sunburst

 

[timwag2001]

yes i'm positive on their genders. very easy to tell the difference.

they're pretty mello fish, don't seem to be extremely territorial, and don't really do much fighting . i've been watching them tonight and i noticed that his colors lightened up as he swam away from a dark green plant. almost like a chamilion.

 

[timwag2001]

Do you have a scientific name?

Apistogramma cacatuoides
Sun Burst Cockatoo Cichlid

 

[bs6749]

First off, can i see a pic? I have never heard of Apistogramma " Sunburts". Do you have a scientific name? Are you posotive they are both male? If they are both male, they probably scare the crap out of eachother, the one who is scareing the other, will be the darker, more colorful one.

Apistogramma cacatouides AKA "big mouth apisto" literally has dozens of color variations depending on where it is found in the wild. Variations include double red, triple red, orange flash, sunburst, etc. to name just a few.