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Recently, I've statrted setting up/planning a new 10 gallon tank. After temporarily considering them for a 37 gallon community i had, i stayed away from apistogramma, however, I was wondering if i could keep a pair of A. Borellii in my 10 gallon once it has been set up. The water would be a...
My general hardness is 300 to 310 ppm, I tested it myself and also got a statement from my water supplier, To answer your question about partial RO, wellll to be frank its because I don't have an RO system, and buy RO from my LFS, making it difficult to store at home
Hi again, Just wanted to ask if Borelli prefer harder water or softer water? Some of the stuff I'm seeing online is perfectly matching my tap water (8 ph, 300 ppm) But other things I'm seeing is a ph of around 6.5 and RO water levels of softness. Any advice on this would be great!
My knowledge on this matter is obviously quite low... haha . I'm currently in the early planning phase of this tank set up, and well apistogramma keeping overall but thanks for the information!
I will definitely put more research into this!
But are these the rough steps I should follow (Based off given advice and some deeper research)?:
1) Apistogramma can be bred in a tank of around 15 to 20 gallons (If Male and female only)
2) Once spawning has occurred, the male should be...
I have 2 more 10 gallons and 3 5 gallons, would that be enough to grow out fry? I also gave my LFS a ring and they said they would be happy to take in any potential fry at ~3 months of age
Gottit! Super excited to set up and see the results of an apistogramma only tank! Hope to post results on this forum :D
P.S Should I keep some of the more Nannostomus with the apistogramma? Apparently females can eat their fry and eggs out of sheer boredom and one of the only recommended...
My luck in plants... is questionable at best There's normally a 50 percent chance it dies, 49 percent chance hair algae says yummers and takes over, and 1 percent chance it acts like a plant, definitely would want to try something like this with vals tho in the future.
As a side question, would...
This is just making my previous 'densely planted' statement seem more and more embarrassing for me lol. How do you accomplish this sort of volume of plant growth? Is this sort of set up accomplishable without CO2 (which I frankly don't have the funds for), and the kind required when keeping...
Just a quick search displays the depth of my in-expertise lol, My tank is clearly not very heavily planted compared to some of the tanks I'm seeing now, I'm quite frankly embarrassed to have called my tank densely planted. I'll probably slide away from the idea of a 'pair' of dwarf cichlids, or...