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This is my AquaOne Oak 145 community-ish apisto tank.
The temperature hovers between 24.5-25.6c. I have started sofening the water by 10L RO + 4L Tap water (80PPM TDS 6GH/<1KH) as that's the easiest way to fill the buckets.
Stocking is;
-1M/5F apistogramma borellii
-5 coral red pencil fish...
Add as many females as you can find and hope for the best.
A few big plants wouldn't hurt but they may mess up your aquascape of a clean open look is what you're going for.
Your tank is looking really good.
Housing more than one male is really a decision of do you want a nice looking tank or do you want a messy jungle where it's hard to see all your fish at once.
Water wisteria & Amazon swords if you're looking for fast growing hard to kill plants. Larger crypts make great plants to weave through but they don't grow as fast.
Crypts are definitely my apistos favourite, I often find all 5 or my borelliis playing in 30cm squared area of crypts right at the...
Last time I brought apistos I got stiched up with different apistos (thanks for the ID last time @CRD ). I took them back and got 1M/3F from one Maidenhead and another 2F from a different Maidenhead to get a nice harem going.
They're all about the same size so I imagine they were new arrivals...
Ended up getting a mixed batch of apistos from my LFS that I ended up taking back. I know it's a long shot but wondering if there are any breeders near me?
100% sure there was only females in there, if I manage to find a male A. baenschi while I'm off work for Xmas would it be ok to leave the male macmasteri in there or would it be bad practice and mess things up?
Well I just googled a. baenschi and seen some prices so now I'm laughing.
What do I do now? I'm assuming these won't breed and even if they do I'm guessing I don't really want hybrids.
I seen these in a LFS and just had to purchase them. 1 male, 3 females, I could of purchased more females but thought that would of been pushing it for my 150L.
Anyway just wanted to know is this a hybrid/what colour morph is the male? I would also like to know are the females supposed to look...
I always see people asking would rummynose/neon/cardinal/ect tetras make good dithers and the generally reply is;
"No, not really, these are very good at hunting fry. Your best bet is pencil fish but failing that black neon Tetra are a good cheap commonly available dither that doesn't tend to...