Leaf litter is their natural environment in the wild. When we collected apistos we spent a lot of time removing leaf litter in order to see what fish we actually collectedJust an updated picture - always amaze me how these folks use leaves.
Obviously tank size matters. Behavior changes in smaller tanks.I think i have 5 male and 1 female dm the males are all around 3 inches but so far are not showing any aggression (they are in a 180)