Greetings form South Korea.
I currently have an established 40 gallon Breeder tank (EMPTY Except for Amano's and Cories) that I plan on switching over to an Apisto themed tank.
I have some various plants in my tank and a few caves, natural and man-made. My gravel is fairly large about 2-5mm's, my PH is a steady 7.0, Kh 4-5, Gh 7-9 and NO2 is always below .3mg/l.
I do have the intention of trying to get the fish to spawn, in fact the Apisto I am most keen on is the Cockatoo. I have seen it in a Double Red Variety and a more orange coloring. From the information I have read, my tank is at optimum settings for THIS fish, just wanted to get a second opinion.
Also, I was thinking of changing my substrate to ADA Aqua Soil, over top of my current substrate (to Reduce Cycling time and offer firmer rooting), I was told that this will help to reduce the PH in my tank to around 6.0 which would allow me to introduce a few other species of Apisto's to the tank.
Opinions?
Also, I was wondering if having a spawning pair of Kribensis would be an issue, since they are an African Dwarf.
What about these?
Panduro (heard it is very aggressive)
Agassizs
INKA50
Cruzi (heard it is very aggressive)
Eremnopyge
Ram (Ramirezi)
Borelli's
The tank will be based around the Cockatoo, so any suggestions that I did not list would be greatly appreciated.
I currently have an established 40 gallon Breeder tank (EMPTY Except for Amano's and Cories) that I plan on switching over to an Apisto themed tank.
I have some various plants in my tank and a few caves, natural and man-made. My gravel is fairly large about 2-5mm's, my PH is a steady 7.0, Kh 4-5, Gh 7-9 and NO2 is always below .3mg/l.
I do have the intention of trying to get the fish to spawn, in fact the Apisto I am most keen on is the Cockatoo. I have seen it in a Double Red Variety and a more orange coloring. From the information I have read, my tank is at optimum settings for THIS fish, just wanted to get a second opinion.
Also, I was thinking of changing my substrate to ADA Aqua Soil, over top of my current substrate (to Reduce Cycling time and offer firmer rooting), I was told that this will help to reduce the PH in my tank to around 6.0 which would allow me to introduce a few other species of Apisto's to the tank.
Opinions?
Also, I was wondering if having a spawning pair of Kribensis would be an issue, since they are an African Dwarf.
What about these?
Panduro (heard it is very aggressive)
Agassizs
INKA50
Cruzi (heard it is very aggressive)
Eremnopyge
Ram (Ramirezi)
Borelli's
The tank will be based around the Cockatoo, so any suggestions that I did not list would be greatly appreciated.