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[awth]

Just some update pics, enjoy~!

[awth]

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[Zbiljc]

Really nice pics and fishes. Good job

[Merrilyn]

I don't know how you manage it Awth, but these pictures are even better than the last lot.

You fish are magnificent, and you have them so well trained to sit up and pose for you like that LOL.

Just joking, but I really do envy your beautiful fish. :P

[starreys]

amazing collection of pics , shame most are unavailable here

[Th0mas]

Slight correction - all of above are legally available in the country.

I've been through bitaeniata, panduro, cacatoides, trifasciata, meinkeni, borelli, sp. "Rio Memore", uaupsei and nijsseni over the years while currently held elizabethae, baenschi, hongsloi, iniridae, macmasteri, veijita and agassizi sp. "Tefe". Am aware there's hognei around at the moment.

All you need is a bit more patient, as they tend not to be readily available and only comes in small numbers.

Cheers.

[gurds]

can someone give me the names in order lol i love em all and want to add to collection

[Th0mas]

Here's their names (all apistogramma):

bitaeniata male
nijsseni male
nijsseni female
bitaeniata juvenile
elizabethae "Red" from Wilhelmi
same as above

awth has exceptional quality fish in his collection - unfortunately he's located in Hong Kong.

The elizabethae is very expensive and seldom make it into our land. And I was lucky enough to obtain some German "Red" (not as good as the Wilhelmi) last year, and the LFS saids they're unlikely to bring them in for a while (little fish don't move too well when priced over $100), however as I said in the other threads - they are tricky to keep alive (managed for a year) and definitely an easy species to start with.

[awth]

thank you Thomas for the explanation!

FYI, I heard that from blueblue on aquagrass.com:

"... basically, many german fish are actually not kept by the company, instead, they are scattered in many families/people... when a customer wants to order some fish, the company will collect fish from all these families/people... so, some people argue that fish from Glaser and "Wilhelmi" could come from the same group of people!! While after the old Glaser passed away and the old Wilhelmi (Frank) retired, the quality of their fish has already gone down... plus. traders and breeders in Holland and Belgium are getting more and more competitive now...:

P.S. Thomas, haven't seen u for a while in A.farm, been busy!?

[fishgeek]

awth i was always led to believe the czech fish farmers were the co-op model as you describe

i was in germany only a few mnths back and couldnt for the life of me remember wilhelm as a name to try and look up a distributor.. thanks for triggering my memory

andrew