Set up ideas for 6 new tanks

[Chris(wildcaught!)]

Hi everyone, it has been quite some time since i last logged into the forum, It has been an hectic autumn, with little time for the fishes. But now i have managed to put up a new aquarium stand. Took me almost a year to do it (slow but steady progress!)

Anyway I have 4 tanks that are around 12 gallons or 45 liter, and two tanks at around 6 gallons or 23 liters. The idea is to keep fish in the "bigger" tanks and to use the small ones as medication and quarantine tanks, possibly also as fry tank.

The start point is that i have already one pair of A. guttata in one of the "big" tanks. Ambition is that I would like to breed every species that i put into this setup, at same time i want to keep at least 4 species.

I want some help with the setup, how many fish in each tank, how many different species, planted, some plants or no plants, etc .

Any kind of ideas are welcomed.

Regards / Chris

 

[Mike Wise]

I love A. guttata. My pair was not in the least aggressive (as claimed by Dr. Römer), but I kept my pair in a 20 gallon long aquarium. When you get fry, send some to me!:wink:

 

[Chris(wildcaught!)]

I agree with you Mike, i had this pair since february and they are getting along pretty good, I put a pair of A. Baenschi in the same tank a while ago but that didn't work out well, the guttata male was so aggressive i had to remove the inkas after some time. So they are not completley lame.

But I wonder if Römer had got hold of wildcaught specimens or not?

 

[Chris(wildcaught!)]

BTW i cant send you any fry, but i can share a link to a video i stumbled upon. It shows a short clip of A. guttata in the natural environment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_e_kvSJwYc

 

[Apistogramm-Sam]

Excellent video footage I love how he pronounces "cichlid"

 

[Mike Wise]

My specimens were wild caught. I must admit that there were no other cichlids in their tank.