Aliite help with my Apisto !

[Mchw8055]

I have 2 pairs of apisto.. viejita and Pebas. Was wondewring if the below setup good for breeding ...!! ahah ... quite new to apisto though really interested in them.. Please kindly give me some feed back..! thank you!


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[ste12000]

I cannot see your pictures? its telling me that the content is unavailable.. Try hosting the picture through somewhere like Photobucket and linking from there its easier.

 

[Mchw8055]

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Alright man... ! pls wait for my picture.. thanks for the response though...

http://i1251.photobucket.com/albums/hh544/mchw6783/IMG_1953.jpg

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[Mchw8055]

Current Apisto i having is Viejita, Caca, Murado "pebas" and agazzissii

 

[Mike Wise]

You asked if these set-ups are 'good' for breeding. IMHO I don't think so, but it could work. You never know with apistos. I have had species breed on the back corner glass of a bare quarantine aquarium. Apistos are geophagines and like all eartheaters spend a lot of time sifting sand for food. Bare tanks do not allow this behavior. Your tank is a bit open, but does have a couple of suitable territories. I really don't see any suitable breeding caves. Breeding cave need narrow openings. In tanks with substrate, the female will often spit a sand berm in front of the opening if it is too large; not possible in a bare tank. Large snail shells have no place in a softwater breeding tank. If it were my tank, I would add about a ½"/1cm deep layer of fine sand on the bottom and add more plants/wood/rockwork in the back half of the tank.

 

[Mchw8055]

You asked if these set-ups are 'good' for breeding. IMHO I don't think so, but it could work. You never know with apistos. I have had species breed on the back corner glass of a bare quarantine aquarium. Apistos are geophagines and like all eartheaters spend a lot of time sifting sand for food. Bare tanks do not allow this behavior. Your tank is a bit open, but does have a couple of suitable territories. I really don't see any suitable breeding caves. Breeding cave need narrow openings. In tanks with substrate, the female will often spit a sand berm in front of the opening if it is too large; not possible in a bare tank. Large snail shells have no place in a softwater breeding tank. If it were my tank, I would add about a ½"/1cm deep layer of fine sand on the bottom and add more plants/wood/rockwork in the back half of the tank.

Hey mike.. thank for your respond.. alright.. shall go try with it.... update u with new pic if i got them.. =D

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,
Have a look at ApistoBob's pages on dwarf cichlid tanks. Bob is a member here and, like Mike W., he is full of good advice.

<http://dwarfcichlid.com/Aquarium_care.php>

This is a spawning tank set-up for a pair of A. macmasteri.


cheers Darrel