New to Keeping Apisto...What Should I Get?

[the curious]

Hey guys, new to the forum, but I've been keeping fish for a few years. Got a new tank I'm setting up and I have decided to get a pair or two of apistos. The other tank occupants will be 6 metea cories, 6 pristella tetras, a pair of keyhole cichlids, and a pair of angels or festivum.

Just trying to think of a good pair or two, I am interested in breeding as well. Any suggestions?


Thanks guys

 

[tjudy]

Welcome to the forum.

How large is the aquarium?

If the goal is to get the apistos to breed you should consider making them the only cichlids in the tank. The larger cichlids you mention (angels and festivums) will stress a breeding pair of apistos unless the tank is very large and the dwarf cichlids can really hide out back in a quiet corner. The keyhole cichlids share a microhabitat with the apistos, so would be direct competitors for space and caves.

A large (55 gallon+) community tank with the fish you mention and a colony of something like Apisto. cacatuoides would probably be ok, so long as you not expect to save fry.

 

[the curious]

The tank will be a 55 gallon, I might just get a male cacatuiode, that see a like the best plan