new to aps

[focusmarlon]

Hey guys I'm new to aps. They will be going into my 55 gal. I am not sure what species my lfs carries so I will check it out. I want it to be an interesting social tank. I used to keep and breed African cichlids. My old tank was a 180gal. Right now I have 3 tanks a 6 gallon that I will make a nano reef a 12 gallon Mr aqua long that is my lake tang multi shelli tank here is a link to my all male 55 I used to have till I overdosed my water conditioner and killed my beautiful fish. this HTML

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[Anders247]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[focusmarlon]

does anyone know where I can get apistogrammas

 

[focusmarlon]

Well little by little I'm setting up my semi amazon biotope.. It's not a real biotope since the fish are from different parts of the amazon. I got 5 apistogramma macmasteri wild and 5 apistogramma borelli they arrived in the mail yesterday and drip acclimated. I also stopped at petco because I had bought 10 rummy nose tetra and they were dying little by little and I built a friendship with the fish guy. He hooked me up with 32 rummy for free.99. I was surprised and thankful. Hopefully I have better luck with these. Current stock I have 30+ rummy 20+ neon 2 gold angels 1 albino bristle, 2 farowella. I plan on getting 6 panda cory I know that 2 species is not ideal but I don't plan. on keeping fry in the even of hybridization. Trust me I know all about that I used to breed Africans before. I plan on getting more plants but the tank is a process little by little. I will take out the anubis and Java fern when I get more plants since they are not native.

 

[Mike Wise]

I hate to say it, but don't be surprised if you lose at least half of your apistos. These fish don't take crowding like rift lake cichlids unless the tank is choked with hiding places. Just keep a close eye out for apistos hiding out at the top of the tank. You'll need to remove them for their own safety.