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I've been looking in the major sites often, and everytime I have an opening. I don't want wild caught. WS price is fine but they're too small They need to be 2.25"-2.5" (& priced in the teens).
They're very easy fish to keep/breed just harder to find because theyve fallen out of popularity...
TLDR: Looking for cichlids (besides angelfish) to add to a 90gal tank with 5 golden zebra loaches. a Leopard Ctenapoma (aka African Leaf Gourami). 4 Bleeding Heart Tetra's.
+Festivum is my first choice, but finding them is tough, finding reasonabley priced ones that are close to 2" is...
It would It was be exceedingly rare to get either to breed as tank mates. They're from different parts of the planet. Add to that how rare Appistos are as hobby fish. I wouldn't expect there be a ton of published info out there.
Size and temperament
My loaches aren't aggressive. But that thing...
The loaches are a mystery. I've spent hours going through the less obvious sources/videos to figure it out. There are recurring theories on seriously fish and monster fish keepers multiple species of what's called a Golden Zebra Loach or a hybrid species being traded. Mine look wildly...
I dug through my dozens of documents and screen shots from 2018.
My stock list was crowd sourced from multiple forums. Appistos awere on my wish lif
3 loaches were from Petco in Jun "golden zebra loach" 3 from a LFS in Aug. "Botia histrionica" .
Lots of forum posts back then recommended...
My weirdo loaches don't hang out at the bottom, they're obnoxiously everywhere. But point taken.
I figured appistos were on the more aggressive end of the "friendly community fish" spectrum. The female pearl gourami is the "boss" of the tank, my goal was to match her temperament didn't think...
Mine are nearly 6 years old, v shaped tail, pattern likes more like X's than YO. This is the biggest/fattest one (and I was wrong, he's under 2.5" definitely over 2" long)
These are Botia almorhae , max out at 2 inches (mine are 5-6y/o, smallest is under 1.25 inches biggest is dense but a little under 2" , they're supposed to be peaceful, just very active. Still no good?
I transferred my fish from a 40g to a 90g. I can finally try Appistos. I've never seen one in person.
water pH: 6.9 DgH:6.5 temp:78.4-80.8 (timered). Stock 4 bleeding heart tetras, 1 leopard gourami, 6 skirt tetra (new), 6 zebra loaches. 1 female pearly gourami.
1) Too warm for Borrelii...