Under gravel cave?

[Mugsey2]

I’m wondering if anyone has any knowledge of apistogramma using an under gravel cave? I think it would be a fun idea instead of the usual pot or cave.

 

[rasmusW]

Never tried it. The cave entrance is way to big as is. Usually it shouldn’t be much bigger than for the female to slide in sideways.
But i agree i could be fun to follow along.
If you want apistos to breed i would loose the oddball (sorry, i don’t have a nice name for those). They also need cooler water than the apistos.

-r

 

[MacZ]

If you want apistos to breed i would loose the oddball (sorry, i don’t have a nice name for those). They also need cooler water than the apistos.

Those are advertisement pictures. At least the one with the overbred carp. (same with the names...)

 

[rasmusW]

Those are advertisement pictures. At least the one with the overbred carp. (same with the names...)

haha!! damnit.. i should have noticed that. sorry to the op.

-r

 

[Mugsey2]

Never tried it. The cave entrance is way to big as is. Usually it shouldn’t be much bigger than for the female to slide in sideways.
But i agree i could be fun to follow along.
If you want apistos to breed i would loose the oddball (sorry, i don’t have a nice name for those). They also need cooler water than the apistos.

-r

Thank you! No worries. That is just a picture for reference. I don’t have a goldfish in with my tropical fish.

 

[Apistomaster]

How odd, I just happened across the listing for these caves yesterday and thought the design had some potential. If for a smaller entry hole some adaptations were made, for breeding Apistogramma. Same for some of the smaller plecos.