apisto comm ?

**Gerard** · 18th May 2011, 12:50

Hi bros, is it advisable to comm 5 pairs of apisto in a 3ft tank ? apart from fights, would there be possibility of the pairs spawning ?

**Stormz** · 18th May 2011, 13:48

Think have more hiding spots maybe good to start with.

**Tucker** · 18th May 2011, 21:28

Hi Gerard,

You would have a lot of trouble with 5 pairs in a tank that size, normally you look at putting only 1 pair in a 2-3 ft tank. You will probably find that one pair becomes the dominant pair and will claim a territory to spawn in, but they will always be fighting with the others in the tank to defend their territory. Also I find that once the fry start swimming around the aggression goes up a lot and the fights become much nastier, my pair ripped apart my community of white clouds so now they are in the tank solo for breeding.

**Gerard** · 18th May 2011, 22:31

Ok bros thanks for the advice, maybe will split my 3ft tank into 2 and I introduce 2 pairs of apisto for breeding

**Apistoinka** · 19th May 2011, 01:01

Actually if you have plenty of hiding area it shall not be a problem... But is you really wanna go into breeding best is in a species tank... A 3 ft tank can be partition in 4 so u can have more species in a tank and save lots of space...

**genes** · 20th May 2011, 07:29

To comm apistos is really subjective. General rule of thumb is like what Tucker had adviced. I had a pair of cacatuoides and agassizii in my heavily planted 3ft but it was a kill zone for the dorminant male and female when they became territorial.

But if you really want to comm, put like perhaps 5 to 10pairs in the tank. The more the better. This is also why you don't see fights in LFS that cramps their apistos shipment into a 2ft. Aggression is dispersed with numbers. I once kept 10pcs of bitaeniata and 4 brietbinden in a 1.5ft tank and the bitaeniata breed in the tank without any casualties.

**chris168** · 24th May 2011, 12:56

Hi bro. Yesterday i just com 5 Apisto kaka triple red in my 2 feet tank 3 m 2 f. They are doing fine. Need more hiding spots for them...

**Stormz** · 24th May 2011, 14:48

My caca orange pair and borelli pair also in a com tank of 2 feet.

**chris168** · 24th May 2011, 21:33

Hi stormz, Where did you manage to get a Caca Orange? Is it a Matual adult ready for breeding?

**Stormz** · 24th May 2011, 22:04

Managed to get from a home breeder. Some call it Caca Orange or Flash, Male looks very potential but female...... I not too sure. Obtain them as a pair but the female looks like not in the mood. See the picture you can tell, should be yellowish when in mood but it's looking more red then yellow.

**chris168** · 24th May 2011, 22:14

Hi Stormz, your fish looks very healthy. what do you feed them? by the way can you take a better view of the Male Caca orange ? Appreciate it !

**Stormz** · 24th May 2011, 22:26

Couldn't get a good shot of the fellow, seems to be hiding away from the cam.

**chris168** · 24th May 2011, 22:29

Hi stormz, your Caca Orange looks fit must be very ready for breeding. Can you take a shot of the front view if possible? I'm very curious how it looks like as i am still new in Apisto thanks senior

**Stormz** · 24th May 2011, 22:41

Bro, can I ask you a question, does the caca Orange / Flash have an unusually big mouth or is my the funny one? When I look at it, it reminds me of the joker's mouth in Batman. See the photo and you'll get what I mean.

Female picture attached above.

Anyone can advise, as I just gotta this pair from a guy who claims ready to breed, but the female doesn't looks anything near the breeding color.