My 15 gallon apisto tank

[sherlock]

hello i'm a begginer at dwarf cichlids
this is my first attempt
my 15 gal. planted apisto tank

front view

left

right

the tetras and gold rams are temporary tenats and would later be transferred to my 50 gallon planted

 

[sherlock]

the tenants:

cacatuoides

borelli

 

[sherlock]

is it ok to keep them all in this size of tank?
i currently have:
6 cacatuoides
5 borellis
2 macmasteri
2 agassizii

 

[Mike Wise]

I would say that so many cichlids in a 50 gallon tank is too many. You are going to lose a good number of apistos if you keep them together for long.

 

[apistobob]

If you are talking about keeping them all in the 15 gallon it is possible that you will be able to keep them all because they will be so crowded that the agression will be spread out among all of the fish. However, you will not be able to observe the normal behaviors of the fish.

In the tank you have shown us (15 gallon) I would only keep one species of apisto.

Bob