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Hi there.
I recently acquired a 55 gallon tank (largest tank I have so far - 48x12x21) and I really would like to do a semi-aggressive set-up with some Apisto. sp. The types I have available to me in stores are A. cacatuoides, A. agassizii, and A. panduro. I was wondering if any (or all) of these types of fish would be suited for living in my 55 gallon tank? I really like the A. cacatuoides and A. panduro.
I was also curious if there were other fish I could combine in this habitat? I was looking at perhaps some hatchet fish to fill in the top portions of the tank? Not sure on anything else.
Currently the tank set-up is a natural gravel substrate and some large rock hiding places/caves. I will be adding plants slowly as the tank cycles. The plants will be made up of, for the most part, green gygro, java fern and Egeria densa. I will be adding more hiding places all throughout the lower portion of the tank using flat rocks.
Any help or suggestions, specifically in compatible species of Apistos and numbers, along with other fish I can try in the tank would be fantastic.
Thanks for any and all help!
I recently acquired a 55 gallon tank (largest tank I have so far - 48x12x21) and I really would like to do a semi-aggressive set-up with some Apisto. sp. The types I have available to me in stores are A. cacatuoides, A. agassizii, and A. panduro. I was wondering if any (or all) of these types of fish would be suited for living in my 55 gallon tank? I really like the A. cacatuoides and A. panduro.
I was also curious if there were other fish I could combine in this habitat? I was looking at perhaps some hatchet fish to fill in the top portions of the tank? Not sure on anything else.
Currently the tank set-up is a natural gravel substrate and some large rock hiding places/caves. I will be adding plants slowly as the tank cycles. The plants will be made up of, for the most part, green gygro, java fern and Egeria densa. I will be adding more hiding places all throughout the lower portion of the tank using flat rocks.
Any help or suggestions, specifically in compatible species of Apistos and numbers, along with other fish I can try in the tank would be fantastic.
Thanks for any and all help!