begginer setup for apisto

**Apistoinka** · 11th Feb 2011, 17:13

below are my begginer tank for my apisto...

equipment using are
1) 60x30x30 tank
2) easy aqua external canister
3) sudo bottom sand
4) 2 caves and 3 small clay flower pot
5) 36w pl light on 8hrs per day

plants in the tank are
1) moss on bogwood and drift wood tied by myself
2) nana and golden nana
3) one small ball of us fessiden

fish are
1) 7 cardinal tetra
2) 3 otto
3) trio apistogrmma aggassizii red

**Apistoinka** · 11th Feb 2011, 17:22

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1st female at her own cave
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2nd female at her own cave
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bossy male ( lucky male ) haha

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going out for a date...

thanks for viewing

**exotic_idiot** · 11th Feb 2011, 18:24

Looks good.. I'm sure pretty soon they are going to breed..

**Fullraid** · 19th Feb 2011, 14:47

Nice setup. Thanks for sharing.

**Apistoinka** · 19th Feb 2011, 22:25

Thanks for the comment... Now the one of the female is bringing a group of small fries swimming... Will update pictures of the proud mum soon...

**Wackytpt** · 20th Feb 2011, 08:12

try not to disturb the brood.

**apisto31** · 20th Feb 2011, 21:35

Congrats bro! Im wondering what's your PH using the Sudo sand? cheers!

**Apistoinka** · 27th Feb 2011, 13:02

My water ph is around 5.8 and yes bro I'm using sudo bottom sand... I had to keep changing the leaves in order to keep the ph low... But if using soil won't be that much hassle...

**betta_gene** · 6th Mar 2011, 21:18

My Borelli Pair that spawn last year...

IMO soil substrate like ADA amazonia and africana serves every effective to bring down the ph of the water to suit the spawning of apistos and also condition them with frozen food or live food!