I wouldn't add another fish to your colony right now, even if this fish is a nice Bemba, because they're just not settled in yet, and upsetting the mix is just asking for trouble.
Two different species: you have Apistogramma cacatuoides; @lloyd378 has A. agassizii. None of the A. cacatuoides lines have much orange/red pigment in their bodies.
Was just commenting on differences in looks between our different species. Was just nice to see someone else try some apisto's. I was a bit limited on choices when I traded in fish at PetWorks. That was really the only choice they had at that moment. There are a few other types that I would try instead if I were to actually order some in specifically. But no where to put any more so these are the apisto I will raise out.
Nice!
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The nice thing about sticking to one biotope is that it gives you the flexibility to move fishes around when need be, and that comes up very often when raising Tanganyikans. This is a pic of one bank of tanks in my fish room at my home on Mercer Island in 2006; there was another bank of tanks on the opposite wall (not shown). This was a period when my primary focus was shifting from angelfish breeding to Rift Lake cichlids, primarily Tanganyikans, and as you can see, the tanks were split about 50:50 between the two biotopes. It wasn't long thereafter that everything shifted to Tanganyikans, and it's been that way ever since. That said, I do miss my angelfish, and often think about setting up one really nice soft-water show tank. Maybe someday.
Yes, L Tanganyika specifically. I like Malawi but there to many hybrids. I have thought about Central Americans, so many of them are solo inhabitants though.
And the other factor that many are just big fish that need big tanks (To themselves!)
