Glass Box Diaries
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Evening Guys,
I know the community gets ALOT of posts asking for tank size confirmation, and I did check old posts, but they are mainly for pairs of Apistogramma for breeding.
That's not a goal or me and I finally found someone who sells single male A. Borellii and A. Trifasciata in the UK rather than pairs.
Now this was a spur-of-the-moment thing that wasn't planned but it's hard to find any single Apistogramma in my area so curious if I could make this tank work.
It's a 50x30x30cm 45 Litre (12 US Gallon) and while I was planning an Island Aquascape as shown with aquasoil, I can change the hardscape layout if needed and switch to a fine, rolled sand.
It will be heavily planted and I have plenty of leaf litter for the surrounding area too.
Would a single, male A. Borellii or A. Trifasciata be ok in it or is it too small?
Tank mate wise it might have a couple of otocinclus in with the Apistogramma, or potentially a small schooling species if it wouldn't be an issue for the Apistogramma.
It's not an issue if it's not suitable, as this specific tank was being set up for Sparkling Gourami anyway so I can keep going in that direction.
I know the community gets ALOT of posts asking for tank size confirmation, and I did check old posts, but they are mainly for pairs of Apistogramma for breeding.
That's not a goal or me and I finally found someone who sells single male A. Borellii and A. Trifasciata in the UK rather than pairs.
Now this was a spur-of-the-moment thing that wasn't planned but it's hard to find any single Apistogramma in my area so curious if I could make this tank work.
It's a 50x30x30cm 45 Litre (12 US Gallon) and while I was planning an Island Aquascape as shown with aquasoil, I can change the hardscape layout if needed and switch to a fine, rolled sand.
It will be heavily planted and I have plenty of leaf litter for the surrounding area too.
Would a single, male A. Borellii or A. Trifasciata be ok in it or is it too small?
Tank mate wise it might have a couple of otocinclus in with the Apistogramma, or potentially a small schooling species if it wouldn't be an issue for the Apistogramma.
It's not an issue if it's not suitable, as this specific tank was being set up for Sparkling Gourami anyway so I can keep going in that direction.
