any ideas on what this fish is?

[fishyladdy]

i couldnt get a good picture is my life depended on it.. sorry but you can kinda see him. i was told he was a dwarf cichlid but they didnt know what kind. i paid 5.99 for him at the pet store. i got a male and a female i think but i.d. would be awesome
thanks
fishyladdy

 

[Cory]

apistogramma agassizii double red

 

[fishyladdy]

did i over pay? lol or was that a good price? i like them alot and would love to get them to breed. but frankly im not sure what all conditions they like ill look them up though

 

[Cory]

did i over pay? lol or was that a good price? i like them alot and would love to get them to breed. but frankly im not sure what all conditions they like ill look them up though

You only overpaid if you don't like the fish. The cost of a fish is irrelevant, each store/breeder etc has to put different things into making that fish happen. You should evaluate what the fish in front of you is worth to you. I sell stuff in my store that there is no way I'd pay that for it. And yet I can't keep it in stock either. Most high end mosses are this way to me. $30 moss? You'd have to be crazy. Except I sell out within a day or 2 every time.

But in general, I usually see that fish for 12-15 each typically.

 

[BallardFishGuy]

That's a great price IMHO... i thought you had Apistogramma cacatuoides (Orange Flash), if the fish is orange but if it's red then Cory is correct! And he is the fish whisper, so listen to him.

 

[BallardFishGuy]

did i over pay? lol or was that a good price? i like them alot and would love to get them to breed. but frankly im not sure what all conditions they like ill look them up though

You only overpaid if you don't like the fish. The cost of a fish is irrelevant, each store/breeder etc has to put different things into making that fish happen. You should evaluate what the fish in front of you is worth to you. I sell stuff in my store that there is no way I'd pay that for it. And yet I can't keep it in stock either. Most high end mosses are this way to me. $30 moss? You'd have to be crazy. Except I sell out within a day or 2 every time.

But in general, I usually see that fish for 12-15 each typically.

What's the $30 moss? I've seen the $200 fish or whatever those Zebra Pleco's were!

 

[Cory]

Zebra Pleco ws $300 and sold.

Fissiden mats are selling at $30 and Christmas moss mats are selling at $25

 

[Cory]

That's a great price IMHO...  i thought you had Apistogramma cacatuoides (Orange Flash), if the fish is orange but if it's red then Cory is correct!  And he is the fish whisper, so listen to him.

Tail shape gives it away, cacatuoides don't come to a point like that, a spade tail if you will.

 

[BallardFishGuy]

That's a great price IMHO...  i thought you had Apistogramma cacatuoides (Orange Flash), if the fish is orange but if it's red then Cory is correct!  And he is the fish whisper, so listen to him.

Tail shape gives it away, cacatuoides don't come to a point like that, a spade tail if you will.

And that's why your the fish whisper Cory!

-Ryan

 

[BallardFishGuy]

Zebra Pleco ws $300 and sold.

Fissiden mats are selling at $30 and Christmas moss mats are selling at $25

I have Fissiden's Fontanus...lots of it, I guess I need to make a mat with it. What size are the mats?

 

[Cory]

Bought 3 inch circles.

 

[twoohsix]

Nice agassizii

 

[Anonymous]

did i over pay? lol or was that a good price? i like them alot and would love to get them to breed. but frankly im not sure what all conditions they like ill look them up though

No that's a good price fishyladdy. Even if you paid that for each fish you did real good. An average retail price for a single double red Apistogramma is $12

May I ask you if where you got them have any more Of both sexes, and where you got them?

 

[twoohsix]

where did you purchase them from?

 

[fishyladdy]

i got them at bridges and last time i was there (yesterday) they had 4 more.

 

[twoohsix]

cool thx, might have to make a drive up there.

 

[Anonymous]

i got them at bridges and last time i was there  (yesterday) they had 4 more.

BRIDGES?! I am impressed. Usually their prices are pretty high.

 

[anthony]

I think that's a great price on a dwarf cichlid. I'm not in the big circles of fish that some of these fellas are in and I don't see the dwarfs as often. ( I hope I'm being politically correct ) I'm sure $5.99 is a great price for any thing I don't see all the time everywhere.

 

[LuminousAphid]

Sounds like a great deal, the one in the pic looks pretty! Hope you get them to breed, I'm sure you could sell the fry for almost as much as you got each adult for if they are in good shape.

 

[CrazedAce]

I paid 4.99 for Apistogramma cacatuoides "Orange Flash" fry. FRY! Granted, they aren't the same type of fish... BUT! You got a great deal!