Lord Happy
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Happy day....I am here today because I suffer from a moderate case of MTS...and I don't mean Malaysian Trumpet Snails. It might be said that using a feather is kinky, I've gone and used the whole ostrich.
I am a member of the Father Fish community, and while I might get blasted for enjoying Walstad/dirted tanks here, I get blasted for using Eco-Complete in some of my tanks there, so as long as I'm gonna take it from both sides equally, I'm good with it.
I have been haphazardly toying around with apistos without really paying any attention to what I was doing. I have a pair of Agassizi's "Fire Red" Dwarf Cichlid in a 15G, a pair of MacMaster's Ashaninka Extreme Red Dwarf Cichlid in a 32G and am looking for another fun pair to have in a different 32G.
The tank in question is a Fluval FlexMax with a lasagna substrate consisting of Fluval Stratum, Seachem Flourite and Eco Complete, and, now that the tank is almost 3 years old, I am probably going to dump in an inch of black sand to cap it off. It is fairly well-planted. One of my main rules is that I don't fight my tapwater. I'm in south Florida, so the Ph is 7.8 out of the tap and otherwise clean. I don't ever test my water unless something bad is happening, which isn't often. The tank temp is usually 74-75, and I could add a heater if needed. I haven't changed the water in...eh....two years or so.
The current residents of the tank are four sumo loaches, two aneus corries, a couple of otos, some neocaridina and amano shrimp, a few snails and one last forktail rainbow.
While it might be overly trendy, I was thinking of a pair of cacatuoidies triple red because the other...shall I say....resident of my home has not yet settled into the subtly of coloration found in many fish. 26 years into her sentence and she is still a work in progress :-D I was thinking that it might be best to find a local breeder who is having success here. Any particular thoughts on this line of thinking? Are Caca's more or less tolerant than other apistos? And if you had a black sand planted tank, would that be your choice for splashy coloration?
Your thoughts and opinions are welcome and encouraged. Below are some pictures of my fishroom when it first opened in July of 2021. FatherFish uses video clips of my tanks in most of his videos so you can see more there.




I am a member of the Father Fish community, and while I might get blasted for enjoying Walstad/dirted tanks here, I get blasted for using Eco-Complete in some of my tanks there, so as long as I'm gonna take it from both sides equally, I'm good with it.
I have been haphazardly toying around with apistos without really paying any attention to what I was doing. I have a pair of Agassizi's "Fire Red" Dwarf Cichlid in a 15G, a pair of MacMaster's Ashaninka Extreme Red Dwarf Cichlid in a 32G and am looking for another fun pair to have in a different 32G.
The tank in question is a Fluval FlexMax with a lasagna substrate consisting of Fluval Stratum, Seachem Flourite and Eco Complete, and, now that the tank is almost 3 years old, I am probably going to dump in an inch of black sand to cap it off. It is fairly well-planted. One of my main rules is that I don't fight my tapwater. I'm in south Florida, so the Ph is 7.8 out of the tap and otherwise clean. I don't ever test my water unless something bad is happening, which isn't often. The tank temp is usually 74-75, and I could add a heater if needed. I haven't changed the water in...eh....two years or so.
The current residents of the tank are four sumo loaches, two aneus corries, a couple of otos, some neocaridina and amano shrimp, a few snails and one last forktail rainbow.
While it might be overly trendy, I was thinking of a pair of cacatuoidies triple red because the other...shall I say....resident of my home has not yet settled into the subtly of coloration found in many fish. 26 years into her sentence and she is still a work in progress :-D I was thinking that it might be best to find a local breeder who is having success here. Any particular thoughts on this line of thinking? Are Caca's more or less tolerant than other apistos? And if you had a black sand planted tank, would that be your choice for splashy coloration?
Your thoughts and opinions are welcome and encouraged. Below are some pictures of my fishroom when it first opened in July of 2021. FatherFish uses video clips of my tanks in most of his videos so you can see more there.



