Hi all. I'm just 10 days into Apisto ownership so still lurking and learning. I have a pair of A. baenschi, things were going okay until yesterday when the female started having trouble swimming. She disappeared for a few days after I introduced them so I'm hoping for the best but preparing for the worst. I was already looking for at least another female but will probably want 2 now... I may add a harem of A. caucatoides but unsure about mixing the species and while there's plenty of volume in the tank the footprint is small (it is 24" wide by 16" deep) so I'm stocking it as stacked 10 gallons (upper and lower layer fish) to not crowd them
The tank is just over a month old. It's also home to a school of black neon tetras. I'll add some hatchetfish when the tank is more mature. I originally wanted to add some cories but the Apistos came first - so I'll need to choose some other bottom dweller (shrimps probably). There's also Zippy the Ramshorn snail scooting about who hitchhiked in on some plants.
My tank: 100 litre, bowfront (tall), Eheim 2217, planted with Bacopa sp. japan, Amazon swords, Amazon frogbits, bamboo grass. Last water test everything was zero or barely over but the pH is around 7.2 - I'm not terribly worried as I use RO and DW.
The tank is just over a month old. It's also home to a school of black neon tetras. I'll add some hatchetfish when the tank is more mature. I originally wanted to add some cories but the Apistos came first - so I'll need to choose some other bottom dweller (shrimps probably). There's also Zippy the Ramshorn snail scooting about who hitchhiked in on some plants.
My tank: 100 litre, bowfront (tall), Eheim 2217, planted with Bacopa sp. japan, Amazon swords, Amazon frogbits, bamboo grass. Last water test everything was zero or barely over but the pH is around 7.2 - I'm not terribly worried as I use RO and DW.
