I have serveral apistos housed in my 4ft. The less dominant ones will not colour up as nice due to stress.
I have Inka dominanting the left half of the tank & hongsloi dominating the right half of the tank. The rest are just being pushed around & hiding in the tank.
Not sure about having casualties due to insufficient food as i have yet to experience it. Think they will survive, but will not look as nice.
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