A. Trifasciata

[pianofish]

Hi everyone,
I'm new to the forum, so I guess I'll start with introducing myself. I am an avid planted tank keeper, for 3 months now. I have a thriving 75 gallon and a newly setup crypt n shrimp only 20 gallon. I live in southern US. Right now All I have is shrimp, ottos, and dwarf corys in the 75 gal, so I'm lookin to get some type of apisto (granted I know most of my shrimp shall probably get eating, which is why I'm setting up the 20 gal.) I was thinking Trifasciata being that I heard it is one of the smaller varieties and I think that they look really neat. Please let me know your opinions on this fish and whether or not you think that it would do well in my tank. I eventually plan on adding a school of tetras or CPDs and maybe a few angels once the plants thicken out some more.
Thanks for looking,
Your pal,
Pianofish

PS. I'm also at a loss as to where to aquire such fish, besides aquabid and the Trade thread here. I'm open to reccomendations so...

 

[HiImSean]

where in the south? im sure there are local breeders near you. we always have a good turn out with breeders at our atlanta club auction, that's where i picked up my apistos. they'll usually sell them cheaper since its a guy out of his house.

 

[pianofish]

I live in louisiana so there really aren't many breeders here.

 

[animalmgc]

A person I've dealt with for A LONG TIME is ApistoDave.and he does happen to have what you're looking for and his prices are VERY responable from what I've seen.You can find him on Aquabid or [email protected]

 

[pianofish]

I looked at his and read his site, but says he keeps them in really soft water, my water is hard and ph is at 7.4 would this be a problem?
Also, I am particularly fond of the blue argentina variety, A205