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RE: Aphyosemion celiae
HI Folks,
I need to second Wright's comments here. A. celiae celiae is a knock out in
the bag. When I saw it I had to have it. It lays lots of eggs and produces
lots of hardy fry, as I recall it prefers bottom mops.
But this is one of the most reclusive fish I have ever had. I tried almost
everything to get them to come out. In an empty tank, they formed a log pile
behind the corner filter. Given a fistful of java moss, you could keep
dozens of specimens and never enjoy seeing even one. To make matters worse,
mine took about a year for the males to color up. They were sexable at six
to eight months, but their wonderful colors did not really show themselves
until I was pretty tired of the fish or rather, the empty tank.
After over a year I decided to get rid of the fish. They looked so beautiful
in the bag that it almost broke my heart to see them go. But when I realized
that the empty tank they were in looked the same as when they were in there
it got easier.
Peace,
~RJ~
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
Behalf Of Wright Huntley
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 11:46 AM
To: killietalk at aka_org
Subject: Re: Aphyosemion celiae
RWLACN at aol_com wrote:
> I am wondering if anybody on the chat list has this species. A celiae for
> first discovered and described by Scheel in 1972. The fish was named after
> John Epie's daughter Celia. Soon afterwards the fish came into the hobby
and
> proved to be easy to reproduce and became widely distributed. With the
> exception of the late Royal Ingersoll, I have not seen this species listed
in
> the Fish & Egg Listings in the last few years or otherwise available at
> conventions, etc.
>
> A. celiae has at least two color variations but is seldom listed with any
> populations information. Cameroon used to be a country that collectors
> visited frequently but that is not the case any more. It would be a shame
to
> lose this species as it is very attractive. Its current status in the wild
is
> not known.
I kept the sub-species called *A. celiae celiae* for a few years. It is a
beautiful small fish, but very reclusive. It was never popular because it
was such a poor display fish, despite the spectacular markings. It has
black and white margins to all unpaired fins that are really striking.
Body is the usual Aphyo blue sheen with red markings.
I distributed mine when I shut down my fishroom in Fremont, and have not
seen any in BAKA since. They may still be around, though.
Wright
PS. Radda and Purzl list another subspecies, *A. celiae winfredae* Radda &
Scheel 1974, but it is not listed in Huber. It is from New Butu, rather
than Mambanda which is home for the *celiae celiae*, I suspect.
--
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