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I spawn mine in 5 and 10 gallon tanks (1 pair per tank, of course). Fairly straightforward to maintain and spawn. They tend to go off their food if nitrate levels go up but, this is true of most wild caught apistos.
A. uaupesi isn't available in the UK? They aren't available in stores here, but can be had from importers if you ask around. Not a hard fish to keep or spawn, A. pertensis gave me more trouble.
Mike C, what you want are the non-hatching decapsed cysts. Have whoever is feeding your fish rehydrate a small quantity in a bowl of water for 15-30 minutes and then feed the fish.
five, I wrote up this tutorial, on making decapsulated hatching eggs, for a friend. You might find it useful...
http://www.rahulgkumar.com/fish/DIY/decapsulating.html
I decapsulate a batch of eggs when I have to leave town for extended periods of time with fry in my tanks and don't have someone qualified available to hatch shrimp. Works very well. I have not had occasion to use commercially decapsed eggs yet.
Congratulations.
What species of fish? If the fry are swimming around (and I think they are, based on the info provided) you should start feeding them immediately. Start them out on the Hikari first bites. Soak a pinch of the food in a cup of water for 15 minutes and then squirt the mixture...
Jeff, navigate to your control panel (User CP) in the menu above and under "Edit Options>Thread Display Options", make sure "Display Images" is checked.
You don't need a whole lot of leaf for a 5 gallon tank. Unless you do water changes every few days, the water will quickly turn brown to the point where you won't be able to see anything.
I do not add anything else to the tank to lower the pH. The ketapang leaves release a lot of tannins and will eventually drop the pH to around 4 if I don't keep up with the water changes. I find that I have to add fresh ketapang leaves every 8 weeks or so. I don't remove the old ones, just add...