MarlonnekeW
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I hope you can help me with some Borelli questions.
I have a 125 liter/ 33 gallon aquarium with a Ancistrus female (L144/Ancistrus sp4) and some Pseudepiplatys annulatus. I would really like to add a couple/trio Apistogramma to this aquarium, together with a schooling fish as dither fish, but before I do I want to make sure that this is a good idea.
Because I'm new to Apistogramma, I think the Borelli is a good fish to start with. I love the Apistogramma agassizii, but I've read that they are a bit more aggressive and therefor less suitable for beginners.
I read a lot of different opinions about keeping Apistogramma with bristlenose pleco's. Will this combination work in a 80cm/31 inch Aquarium? My female Ancistrus is very friendly to the other fish and so far absolutely not territorial.
I also read very different stories about Apistogramma borelli and temperature. If I understand it correctly, the Borelli should not be kept on the same temperature the whole year round, but it needs a cooler period. Is 22°C/72°F cool enough or do they need even lower temperatures?
And what about dither fish. Pencil fish are recommended a lot as dithers, but the temperature range for these fish implies that for example 22°C is too low for these fish.
So should I really worry so much about temperature or is a unheated aquarium with normal room temperatures no problem and is it important that I look for dither fish that will do fine at lower temperatures (for example Hyphessobrycon amandae or Hyphessobrycon flamaeus) or will for example Nannostomus marginatus be a better option?
Thank you very much for your help!
I have a 125 liter/ 33 gallon aquarium with a Ancistrus female (L144/Ancistrus sp4) and some Pseudepiplatys annulatus. I would really like to add a couple/trio Apistogramma to this aquarium, together with a schooling fish as dither fish, but before I do I want to make sure that this is a good idea.
Because I'm new to Apistogramma, I think the Borelli is a good fish to start with. I love the Apistogramma agassizii, but I've read that they are a bit more aggressive and therefor less suitable for beginners.
I read a lot of different opinions about keeping Apistogramma with bristlenose pleco's. Will this combination work in a 80cm/31 inch Aquarium? My female Ancistrus is very friendly to the other fish and so far absolutely not territorial.
I also read very different stories about Apistogramma borelli and temperature. If I understand it correctly, the Borelli should not be kept on the same temperature the whole year round, but it needs a cooler period. Is 22°C/72°F cool enough or do they need even lower temperatures?
And what about dither fish. Pencil fish are recommended a lot as dithers, but the temperature range for these fish implies that for example 22°C is too low for these fish.
So should I really worry so much about temperature or is a unheated aquarium with normal room temperatures no problem and is it important that I look for dither fish that will do fine at lower temperatures (for example Hyphessobrycon amandae or Hyphessobrycon flamaeus) or will for example Nannostomus marginatus be a better option?
Thank you very much for your help!