Reply With Quotehie,was just wondering if apistos are hardy or sensitive fish.how many can i place in a 1 ft tank,...is one male and 2,3 females too many for a 1ft tank?and roughly how much do they cost and where can i get them?
hie,was just wondering if apistos are hardy or sensitive fish.how many can i place in a 1 ft tank,...is one male and 2,3 females too many for a 1ft tank?and roughly how much do they cost and where can i get them?
hie,was just wondering if apistos are hardy or sensitive fish.how many can i place in a 1 ft tank,...is one male and 2,3 females too many for a 1ft tank?and roughly how much do they cost and where can i get them?
hie,was just wondering if apistos are hardy or sensitive fish.how many can i place in a 1 ft tank,...is one male and 2,3 females too many for a 1ft tank?and roughly how much do they cost and where can i get them?
hie,was just wondering if apistos are hardy or sensitive fish.how many can i place in a 1 ft tank,...is one male and 2,3 females too many for a 1ft tank?and roughly how much do they cost and where can i get them?
Passion through Apisto
1ft tank with 2-3 female is way too many, even if hideout are provided.
With one male and one female is more suitable.
Cost of apisto depend on species and where to get it, H20 , Pet safari,Toh.
Cheers!
Benetay
1 male and 1 female sounds ok...how bout tetras...can they be added in to act as dither fish or just to make the tank look pretty? roughly how much do they cost..as in generally...do u have a range?
Passion through Apisto
1ft is small enough diter fish can be added but at risk. Risk of the fish jumping out is great.
What do u mean by make the tank look pretty?
The cost for apisto range from normal $10 to nice a few hundred.
Can almost say , you pay what u get.
Cheers!
Benetay
range from $5-8 to $xxx (dependent of rarity)
other fishes like tetra shldnt be a prob
Passion through Apisto
Simon i don't think a 1ft tank with dilter fish is a great idea, the amount of space for the apisto to chase the dilter fish is way too small. The dilter fish might be risk being stress and jump out, or risk of it being killed.
Cheers!
Benetay
if its not a breeding tank, I see y not.. tetra shld be faster than apisto... jus provide enuff covers for them
most to most i can place an plastic acrylic sheet over will hole drilled in to provide for the ventilation and the setup i was thinking of was 1 java fern,dark fine gravel and small rocks to make a lil cave kinda thingy...maybe a pebble in the middle to balance it off....simple setup...was thinking maybe put black back ground paper of the pseudo rock background. how hardy are apistos? cos i am afraid that with a small tank,if anything should go wrong with the water the fishes would feel it more cos of the smaller volume and higher concentration tt would mean.what breed of apistos can i get for about between less than 10 to 15 plus dollars?[]
Passion through Apisto
yea much faster i agree, with the limited space sometimes the only place where the tetra can swim is outside the tank.. You have to also consider if the apisto spawn.
Cheers!
Benetay
with limited space, u sometimes find yr apisto outside too
Passion through Apisto
ya thats why keeping your bioload as low as you can for small tanks.
Cheers!
Benetay
imo, the bioload has nothing to do with y u find yr fishes outside the tank, rather its the characteristics of individual fish
maybe i'll just keep a male and female apisto in tt tank only then...but still...how hardy are they and how do i get the water conditions suitable for them?[
if u intend to breed them, then try to change water frequently to induce spawning
how about general water conditions they prefer?hard or soft?how do i create that kind of conditions?[
Passion through Apisto
prefered Soft acidic water. some apisto are not so choosy about their water parameters.
Once got use to tank water parameters , they are considered very hardy.
for smaller tank like yours do more frequent water change as ammonia,nitrite and stuff builds up faster. 25% every 5days will be a good way to induce spawning.
For food, feed them a wide variety of food to provide them with the best nutrients needed.
having a good water parameters, breeding them is like a breeze, adding in medias like stone,driftwood,flowerpot,coconut shell etc. will induce them further to breed as a breeding media is available.
Once you've bred them, don't panick. Till then we'll try to help u along the way =)
Good luck with apisto breeding
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