Bart Hazes
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My interest in Apistogramma, and other fish for that matter, is linked to learning about and trying to recreate the biotopes they live in. Many apistos come from slow flowing small streams, shallow lake margins, and completely stagnant ponds or puddles. I have therefore been running many tanks with zero water current. But now that the weather is cooling I need to add heaters and wanted small pumps to distribute the heat without too much current. My experiences with no-flow tanks and small circulation pumps are in the blog below. Inspired by apistos so I trust relevant to those on this group.
As you will see I do deviate from proper biotope, at least for apistos from dense rainforest biotopes, by heavy use of (floating) plants, but that is because I use them instead of bacterial filters.
You can find the blog at: http://biodives.com/blog/?p=175
As you will see I do deviate from proper biotope, at least for apistos from dense rainforest biotopes, by heavy use of (floating) plants, but that is because I use them instead of bacterial filters.
You can find the blog at: http://biodives.com/blog/?p=175