N. transvestitus or P. humilis?

[froo]

A nerby fishshop have these two species and they both caugth my interest.

Wich of these do You recomend? Do anyone need more than the other. More space, easier to breed and what their demands of water and so on?

N. transvestitus have I seen before but never the humilis, only in books (as many other nice fish that makes me greedy).

Hopefull for ideas.

/Pär

 

[tjudy]

Transvestitus is easier to breed (IMO) and take a lot less space. Some would argue the P. humilis is not really a dwarf.. they get pretty big, and can be aggressive. Personally, I like the P. humilis. A lot of character and more of a challenge.

Soft acid water... LOTS of food that is mostly plant material. I feed a mix of vegetable/spirulina/angelfish flake in a mixture of 40/40/10. I do not feed any meaty foods at all anymore. They like sand and sift constantly.