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i borrowed a book from the NSWCS last night about SA dwarf american cichlids and would just like to know what species are currently available in australia.i was just wondering if anyone can help me out.

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Cacatoides Borelie and Aggassizi are the main stayers you can normally find and are good starters.

Panduro and Nijsenni are reasonably common and honglsoi.

Wherer have you seen cupido Bruce and how much - bet around the hundred mark?

Steve

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As alot of them are on the import list, so you can really get your hands on alot of these dwarves. The only problem is how much you're willing to pay and to have a reliable importer who knows his dwarves. It's just unfortunate that the popularity of these little guys varies alot so their demand and supply varies on them alot too, especially the rarer apistos.

Although most of the ones mentioned above are fairly common and you'll find them in some LFS.

Not sure how regularly Th0mas visits these forums but he'd would be the one to help you answer any queries on specific species as I've heard he owns about all of the available apistos in Australia :p

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Not sure how regularly Th0mas visits these forums but he'd would be the one to help you answer any queries on specific species as I've heard he owns about all of the available apistos in Australia :p

Not all - but been through some of them.

Adding to the above, the following species of South American dwarf came into the country over the last 12 months:

apistogramma:

agassizi (various forms)

cf. agassizi "Tefe"

cacatoides (various forms)

nijsseni

hongsloi

hoignei

elizabethae

maulbruter

baenschi

iniridae

macmasteri

norberti

viejita

eremnophyge

borelli

gephyra

trifasciata

sp. "Rio Mamore"

bitaeniata

diplotaenia

cf. eunotus "Orangeschwanz"

eunotus

sp. "Papagei"

melgar

uaupsei

hyppolytae

panduro

juruensis

gibbiceps

dicrossus:

filamentosa

maculatus

sp. "Rio Tapajos"

apistogrammoides pucallpaensis

taeniacara candidi

Think that cover it (feel free to add what I've missed).

So they are around, but most are only around for a short time.

Hope this helps.

Thomas.

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thanks for the help everyone.one more question though does anyone what the price of them varies by.say from $$$ to $$$.also is a.panduro commonly available.thats my favourite so far.

Retail $$$?

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most likely privately thomas

That would be difficult - as there aren't many actively working/breeding the SA dwarf. Due to my capacity limitation, I can keep around 6 species going at the same time (where possible - I keeps multiple pairs and isolate batches from different bloodline of the same species to reduce the chance of future in-breeding, hence tanks spaces are being taken up by grow-out).

When they are ready, they will be near breeding size (definitely sexable) and normally tag them to be slightly higher than half of what I paid (for the parent).

So it really depends on what you fancy, there might not any available in the private sector and you'll need to get them through commercial sources.

A. panduro is quite commonly available from the LFS, you just need to visit them at the right time as they comes in batch every now and then.

Thomas.

PS: I don't keep panduro at the current time, but know a mate has a spare adult female.

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i haven't been able to find that many

you guys must look everwhere

Most of what I've listed have landed in Sydney, and were available for short period with limited numbers.

The places to look for dwarf SA cichlids is the Eastern suburbs. That's where the main players are in Sydney.

Thomas.

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Some proof of their present.....

F0 baenschi with fry

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F0 baenschi family

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F1 baenschi with fry

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F0 macmasteri with egg

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juvenile F1 macmasteri

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F0 pucallpaensis male

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F0 pucallpaensis with fry

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juvenile F1 pucallpaensis

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cf. agassizi Tefe with egg

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cf. agassizi Tefe fry

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elizabethae fry

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elizabethae juvenile

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hongsloi

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hongsloi with fry

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i haven't been able to find that many

you guys must look everwhere

Most of what I've listed have landed in Sydney, and were available for short period with limited numbers.

The places to look for dwarf SA cichlids is the Eastern suburbs. That's where the main players are in Sydney.

Thomas.

thanks mate i've allways loved the dwarfs but can't find any good breeds i'll try your suggestion

(if you really like dwarfs take a look at my appisto in my album)

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