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I think you over simplify things because one has to have sufficient experience to recognize when you need to sep male/female that are aggressive to each other - the optimal being to put the male and female in 2 different aquariums side by side and move the female when she is ready (this is...
apistogramm baenschi are also pair forming and not unsimilar to panduro though i've not kept them and don't know aggression level to other fishes. Btw 'technically' they are breeding season pair forming though in the aquarium i've mostly seen them behave as quasi-pair forming with the female...
From that list the only ones i would consider (not because they are small or good fit) are panduro because they are pair forming and bitaeniata because they are passive (and rather nice looking depending on catch location).
Oh and borelli which are both small and passive but i tend to find...
Interesting that Ivancara are not legal there - the problem is size of the aquarium - personally i like a. pucallpaensis which can be a nice fish and would fit in a 20 tall easily.
Another passive fish i like that is 'rare' is d52 though it is larger and would be a bit cramp in such a small...
If someone provides a comparison i think it is worth comparing all three species commonly thought of as kribs including:
p. pulcher, p. taeniatus and p. kribensis and for those picky there is a 4th called p. subocellatus.
Line of sight depends a bit on species. Pair forming fishes are less demanding when it comes to line of sight and i've always been a fan of a. nijjensi or the extremely peaceful a. ladisalo (which is one of the most docile dwarf cichild i've seen).
However it is unpredictable how they will...
You have a 20 tall as oppose to a 20 long - what dwarf cichild need is floor space. Ivanacara adoketa are particularly vicious and would need something closer to 36inch x 16 inch min - however their cousin ivancara bimaculata are much more peaceful but still they are not a tiny fish and a 20...
I suspect it extend past that in common context of usage for most people but my suspicious nature might be proven wrong.
Hum. Seems they were renamed p. pulcher at some point but who knows what the critters are above or if the name gods will come around at some point and give them new species...
Just showing this colour variation. Also noting that unlike the domestic kribs i had these require some bbs for successful fry raising. The domestic ones (simply sold as kribs without a species name) did not require any special feeding:
These are a couple of my nijjensi f1 frys with a few comments (none of hte pictures are very good):
my one sided spot female:
As you can see one side is missing the spot.
This odd duck i swore was a male - it is as large as the largest male (around 2 inches) and originally i moved it to the...
The one in motion - it is another male bit nearly identical to the one pictured - what you are seeing are the effect of the motions. The two males are nearly always next to each other - not sure why maybe safety in numbers - there are a few other fishes in the back that hide 99.999% of the time...
Yes - the store had 4 left wc so i purchased all 4 they think it was 2m 2f but sadly the clear female was doa so i might have 2 male and 1 female. The potential female i see rarely and is more reclusive the two males are almost always together and up front though the slightly larger one will...
Were yours wild caught or tank raised ? I've had mine since July 16 2025 so 1 year - sold as nematobrycon palmeri wild caught - hum. Mne are a bit female heavy but it is a group of 20 to 25.
Very confused - i have like 20 emperor tetra in a 180 (gallon) and they never come near the food when i start feeding. The ones who are super aggressive are the mesonauta egregius (these are f1 that are only around 2 inches) and inle loaches who are pretty adorable about it even if they are...