#just goddamnit I don't *like* macmasteri in the first place
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This morning has been disappointing. I've finally got the money to stock my fish tank that's been sitting, cycled, but devoid of fish for the last 18 months, last week I got some cardinal tetras to go in it because I'm doing an upper Negro biotope type thing. They seem to be doing well, and though cardinals aren't my favourite fish, they've brought my a lot of joy.
But they were really just a prelude to the main event: ordered 11 days ago but arriving this morning was a pair of Apistogramma gephyra, perfect for the system I'm trying to replicate, gorgeous and small. I have been chewing the walls for the last week waiting for them to arrive, even though I knew it was going to be today. Just look at this photo from the seller's website!
Opened the box, pulled out the first bag ready to stare lovingly at my new fish and...why are their tails like that? I mean, apistos famously change colour a lot but the tail is square, and orange-red.
Shite pic I know but it is what it is.
They've sent me a pair of A. macmasteri "red" by accident. A fine fish I'm sure, clearly a lot of people like them, and they're the same price so it's not like the sellers are trying to rip me off. Tbh they're by far a more popular fish than gephyra.
Unfortunately I personally don't care for macmasteri, but beyond that they're from the Rio Meta, a whitewater river, while my tank is distinctly blackwater (conductivity of "lol no", pH somewhere south of 5.0, it's basically just slightly grubby RO). And apistos are noted to be territorial with not just their own species, but others in the genus so I can't just get some gephyra too now without having to send those back, which...shipping fish is a pain and not one I'm set up for. I'll see what the seller says but suffice to say I'm disappointed, went from giddy with excitement to dejected in seconds.
#fishblr#blackwater aquarium#apistogramma#apistogramma macmasteri#apistogramma gephyra#fish#honestly I've only had good experiences with fish online before#and this is an easy enough mistake to make I'm sure#the sellers have generally fantastic feedback#just someone's cocked up and packed the wrong fish it's not even a mis-ID because they sell macmasteri too#and viejita which I guess these could be but I'm pretty sure these are macmasteri#just goddamnit I don't *like* macmasteri in the first place#and they're not suitable for my tank either as a biotope or just the conditions tbh#plus like the closest aquatics store where I got the cardinals actually sells macmasteri#for like a third the price and it's £4 in busses rather than £20 in overnight couriers#if I wanted macmasteri I could have gone and bought a pair and had them within the hour#anyway they're chilling in my tank currently while I wait on the seller getting back to me and I'll not slight the quality of the fish#they've already been eating and the male keeps displaying for the female#concerned they're going to spawn before I get this sorted 😂#but if they just send me replacements I'm sure the local shop will take the fish I've got
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