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Re: Fp gardneri Akampa
Hi Jay,
I think that you may be a victim of one of those spelling
mistakes that creeps up on us, as I think that the place name is
"Akamkpa". Fp. nigerianus isa recognised species. However I also was
wondering how accurate this is. I was under the impression that
nigerianus and gardneri were very similar fish. Given that they are both
being collected from Akampka the potential for cross breeding must be
very high. Can anyone tell me if my impression is wrong, and they are
markedly
different fish. If you are getting two colour forms there may have been
some cross breeding. Having said that, some of my Fp. scheeli males show
up darker tan others. You could lso try separating light and dark to
check its not a mood thang.
Atb,
Guy.
Jay-Scott Moylan wrote:
> Open questions for all, I have some very beautiful and
> prolific Fp. gardneri Akampa. I wanted to ask two questions about
> them. Is there a subspecies associated with them that I should be
> including in their ID- like nigerianus for example? Also, I have two
> tanks of fry, and have observed a curious thing. There seem to be two
> color morphs- one light and one dark. In other respects, all the
> males seem to be following the expected patterns of blues, greens,
> reds and yellow. There are some with a light/medium "background" skin
> color- like females. The others have medium/dark skin color. The
> other colors on scales and fins seem quite normal. There may even be
> dark females in the second tank, but they are a bit too young to be
> certain if they are female or just slower-developing males. Any
> comments? Jay Moylan
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