any ideas on what this fish is?

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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

apistogramma agassizii double red

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

fishyladdy wrote: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.

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.

Aquarium Co-Op wrote:

fishyladdy wrote: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!

Zebra Pleco ws $300 and sold.

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

BallardFishGuy wrote: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.

Aquarium Co-Op wrote:

BallardFishGuy wrote: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

Aquarium Co-Op wrote: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?

Bought 3 inch circles.

Nice agassizii

fishyladdy wrote: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?

where did you purchase them from?

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

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

fishyladdy wrote: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.

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.

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.

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!

i went back to bridges today and bought the last two that were there sorry you guys i couldnt help my self lol

When they breed I will buy baby's from you!!

haha ok sounds good any one on here wanna buy my extra male? i dont need two

I probably will. Anyway you could either post a clearer picture or send me a pict VIA text or email?

How much are you asking?

i just posted an add with some other pics u can go see them there if you would like. or i can text u some pics. im looking for trades of like like plants of some smaller fish

Thats funny i had went down there to get a few and they raised the price to 14.99
I didn't need to have em that bad so i passed on em. I was shocked to see them house a pair of red devils with fry with another one and was beaten dang near to death. I had to tell them to do something about it before they even noticed.

I'm sure it's not easy to keep track of dozens of tanks and all the fish in them, while still trying to run a store.... That said, it's not impossible, so good on you for pointing out that something was wrong. Maybe they will keep an eye out for that in the future.

I have some blue tetra that I could trade for the extra male... although I shouldn't, he would like more space than I can provide.

twoohsix wrote:Thats funny i had went down there to get a few and they raised the price to 14.99
I didn't need to have em that bad so i passed on em. I was shocked to see them house a pair of red devils with fry with another one and was beaten dang near to death. I had to tell them to do something about it before they even noticed.

Now, that's a normal price for Bridges Pet, even at $14.99 it was probably 20% off....lol!

Maybe they had the wrong price on them and didn't realize... either way, good find and hope they have lots of babies!

shit i bought the last two from them the other day i didnt see anymore in there or i could have bought them all. she could have just gave me a deal because she sees me there at least once a day lol but i dont think so. they didnt even have it labeled up there every time i went there

awesome buy for sure. always wanted agazzi's myself. read up on breeding them, ive heard many different ideas on it but im pretty sure males dont do much besides fertilize the eggs. GL to ya

Awsome buy for sure.
So the price from Liveaquaria is crazy then. they have the Double Full Red Agassizi Cichlid (Apistogramma agassizi) originally 79.00 on sale for 44.00

fishyladdy wrote:shit i bought the last two from them the other day i didnt see anymore in there or i could have bought them all. she could have just gave me a deal because she sees me there at least once a day lol but i dont think so. they didnt even have it labeled up there every time i went there

Yip, they had that single female double red marked & $15 yesterday.

lilfishie wrote:Awsome buy for sure.
So the price from Liveaquaria is crazy then. they have the Double Full Red Agassizi Cichlid (Apistogramma agassizi) originally 79.00 on sale for 44.00

Did you happen to notice how many fish came with that price?