Hey everyone,
New here. A short introduction: I'm Jeffrey. I'm 23 years old, Dutch, and I have kept fish since I was 11. At the moment I have a 50 gallon Myanmar biotope tank, although it has slowly grown into a subtropical community tank.
Back to business. New tank. 33 gallons. Back to where it all started, back to South America, back to Apisto's. Given the rarity and availability, or lack of, of most Apisto's, I started making a list of Apisto's I felt attracted to. Eventually, I ended up with these:
- Apistogramma erythrura ‘Rio Guaporé’
- Apistogramma bitaeniata
- Apistogramma trifasciata
I am aware that the first two are probably hard to find, so I'm leaning towards the Apistogramma trifasciata. I know they are quite aggressive towards eachother, so I'm unsure whether they'd be a good fit in a 33 gallon tank.
Of course, a tank's is very important, so I've been trying to find pictures of tanks that like, so that others have an idea how the tank is going to look like aswell.
http://all4aquarium.ru/sites/default/files/biotope-aquarium_sa-14-1.jpg
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q780/Mascha-Ivo/in Zuid-Amerika/2015-01-17-01_zpsc0bde866.jpg
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/6831/inin.jpg
I think the latter is from a member of this forum.
Anyway, that is the style I want to try and replicate in my new tank.
My question for you guys: (1) Which Apisto is best suited for my tank (do come up with own suggestions if you think they are a better fit!)? (2) Which fish can I add as tankmates for the Apisto's? Please note it is not my intention to make this a breeding tank.
Thanks guys!
New here. A short introduction: I'm Jeffrey. I'm 23 years old, Dutch, and I have kept fish since I was 11. At the moment I have a 50 gallon Myanmar biotope tank, although it has slowly grown into a subtropical community tank.
Back to business. New tank. 33 gallons. Back to where it all started, back to South America, back to Apisto's. Given the rarity and availability, or lack of, of most Apisto's, I started making a list of Apisto's I felt attracted to. Eventually, I ended up with these:
- Apistogramma erythrura ‘Rio Guaporé’
- Apistogramma bitaeniata
- Apistogramma trifasciata
I am aware that the first two are probably hard to find, so I'm leaning towards the Apistogramma trifasciata. I know they are quite aggressive towards eachother, so I'm unsure whether they'd be a good fit in a 33 gallon tank.
Of course, a tank's is very important, so I've been trying to find pictures of tanks that like, so that others have an idea how the tank is going to look like aswell.
http://all4aquarium.ru/sites/default/files/biotope-aquarium_sa-14-1.jpg
http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q780/Mascha-Ivo/in Zuid-Amerika/2015-01-17-01_zpsc0bde866.jpg
http://img248.imageshack.us/img248/6831/inin.jpg
I think the latter is from a member of this forum.
Anyway, that is the style I want to try and replicate in my new tank.
My question for you guys: (1) Which Apisto is best suited for my tank (do come up with own suggestions if you think they are a better fit!)? (2) Which fish can I add as tankmates for the Apisto's? Please note it is not my intention to make this a breeding tank.
Thanks guys!