jmacaddy36
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This my first post on this forum so I hope this is on the right thread. For reference the panduro in question are my first Apistogramma but I have had other tropical community fish for a while.
I have currently have a pair of panduro in a 10 gallon. They were purchased online about 4 months ago. The 10 gallon is not their long term home because my community tank is getting a small upgrade from a 20H to a 25 gallon, and the panduro will be moving in to the 20.
I know that nannostomus are the most commonly recommended option and I actually already have some of these. I have tried n. beckfordi with the panduro in the 10 gallon and the panduro killed 2 of them before I removed them. The panduro have also killed endlers and even attacked honey gourami when they were in the other tank. I think the female is the really aggressive one. The male chases the female, so the female kills everyone else.
Currently, the South American fish I have in my tanks that I could try with them are
- 10x Green neons
- 4x Beckford's pencilfish
-3x Copella arnoldi splash tetra (which already live with the panduro)
The copella are the only thing the panduro have let live (apart from a nerita), and they seem to leave each other alone now.
I have a couple of questions
1. Will the panduro be more likely to leave the pencilfish alone in the larger tank?
2. What other tank mates could I have? (Hatchets, phantom/von rio/emperor tetra, some kind of headstander, some kind of SA killifish, other copella/copeina?). I would like to set this up with all SA fish, but not necessarily a perfect biotope because even c. arnoldi and a. panduro aren't found together in nature.
3. What is this forums opinion on Apistogramma in a paludarium/riparium for the splash tetra?
Thanks!
I have currently have a pair of panduro in a 10 gallon. They were purchased online about 4 months ago. The 10 gallon is not their long term home because my community tank is getting a small upgrade from a 20H to a 25 gallon, and the panduro will be moving in to the 20.
I know that nannostomus are the most commonly recommended option and I actually already have some of these. I have tried n. beckfordi with the panduro in the 10 gallon and the panduro killed 2 of them before I removed them. The panduro have also killed endlers and even attacked honey gourami when they were in the other tank. I think the female is the really aggressive one. The male chases the female, so the female kills everyone else.
Currently, the South American fish I have in my tanks that I could try with them are
- 10x Green neons
- 4x Beckford's pencilfish
-3x Copella arnoldi splash tetra (which already live with the panduro)
The copella are the only thing the panduro have let live (apart from a nerita), and they seem to leave each other alone now.
I have a couple of questions
1. Will the panduro be more likely to leave the pencilfish alone in the larger tank?
2. What other tank mates could I have? (Hatchets, phantom/von rio/emperor tetra, some kind of headstander, some kind of SA killifish, other copella/copeina?). I would like to set this up with all SA fish, but not necessarily a perfect biotope because even c. arnoldi and a. panduro aren't found together in nature.
3. What is this forums opinion on Apistogramma in a paludarium/riparium for the splash tetra?
Thanks!