Aquarium size

[andrew41298]

I am looking into buying a new tank to plant out and put a pair of Apistogramma Baenschi in. The tank i am interested in is the https://www.pro-shrimp.co.uk/aquariums/4249-dennerle-scaper-s-tank-70l-4001615055955.html . The tank measures 50 x 39 x 36 cm (WxHxD) and is 70 litres and I was wondering if this is enough to breed them. I am also wanting to add some pencilfish as dither fish

 

[Mike Wise]

IMHO it is about the minimum size for breeding apistos. It would be better if it were a longer, wider and lower 70 l. If/when they spawn do you have ideas about where to keep all of the fry? They will quickly out-grow this tank.

 

[andrew41298]

I have another aquarium and will sell most of them on asap. What tank size would you recommend? I can't have too big as theres already a tank in my room

 

[MacZ]

A ~100l with a footprint of 80x30cm would be a good size. For fry tanks 2x 50l would be a good combo, so you can have two batches of fry. But from my fish breeding experience there is only two scenarios: You buy a fry tank and have it set up for months but no fry, or you say you buy and set up one in a month, and then your fish suddenly have fry.

 

[andrew41298]

I think I have decided to go for this https://www.allpetsolutions.co.uk/ultra-clear-90l/ as I have a cabinet measuring the exact dimensions for this aquarium and I am going to provide the Apistogramma with lots of cover to break the line of sight. Once the fry are getting bigger I will remove the parents and put them back in my 30 gallon

 

[MacZ]

Good choice, I wasn't aware of your location (could have looked at the URL in your first post, though. My bad.), but something like this was basically what I was going to recommend.