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KurtG · 04-09-2008, 04:16 PM

I am going to keep them. Not much I can do now seeing I have the fish in hand. I was just hoping to note for others that from my two experiences that substitutions without notice appears to be quite common with the main Apisto suppliers.

Not concerned about the $ at this point, I was after the yellow form (child's request) and understand the paraguay is more blue, but read a lot depends on the specific fish with different colored A. borelli collected in the same range.

I'll have to wait and see how these turn out. With apistos, juvies and stressed fish tend to be drab colored so it is also difficult to know what you get too even if you try the LFS route (the LFS had some but they were more native colred apistos to start with).

The other pair did seem like the A. hongsloi I did order (no label on them).

04-09-2008, 04:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
KurtG Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (2) Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Annapolis, MD Posts: 365	I am going to keep them. Not much I can do now seeing I have the fish in hand. I was just hoping to note for others that from my two experiences that substitutions without notice appears to be quite common with the main Apisto suppliers. Not concerned about the $ at this point, I was after the yellow form (child's request) and understand the paraguay is more blue, but read a lot depends on the specific fish with different colored A. borelli collected in the same range. I'll have to wait and see how these turn out. With apistos, juvies and stressed fish tend to be drab colored so it is also difficult to know what you get too even if you try the LFS route (the LFS had some but they were more native colred apistos to start with). The other pair did seem like the A. hongsloi I did order (no label on them). __________________ 75g crypt field (C. spiralis) w/wild silver angels, 3 T8s 2x OD, XP3, pres. CO2, 20H dwarf cray, (2) 20 watt T-12s, playsand & clay, no CO2.