Re: Info wanted.

[Steph & Dave <caligula@ihug.com.au>]

Hi Nick

There are some apistos available in australia, and I have seen triple
reds floating around but they arent that common.

If you are interested you can come to the Dwarf Cichlid bulletin board
which has a few apisto nuts on it :)   
http://pub50.bravenet.com/forum/show.asp?usernum=4227733772 

Otherwise it depends on where you are located.  George at Boronia
Aquarium in Melbourne will try and track some down for you if you ring
and ask.  I think one of the guys on the dwarf board has some german
imports but I dont think he has any fry yet, or a couple of aquariums in
sydney may have them from time to time.  Definately not standard stock.

You can email me if you like or post a note on the board.

Steph

Eric Martina wrote:
> 
> Hello Nick!
> >From what I understand, Apistogramma cacatuoides are one of the easiest
> Apistos to keep and breed. They can be kept in a fairly wide range of pH
> (6.5-7.2) and can even handle harder water than most Apistos (dGH of up to
> 10, or so I have read). They should be fine in a community tank, as long as
> you have plenty of hiding places. My friend gave me 6 a while ago and right
> now I have them in my community tank with blue rams, an A. borellii, a L075
> pleco, some danios, some small flying foxes, and some ottos. They tank is
> fairly well planted with rocks and drift wood. None of the fish have harmed
> the plants at all. I am in the U.S. and can't really help you about finding
> them in Australia, sorry. I hope this helps!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com
> [mailto:owner-apisto@admin.listbox.com]On Behalf Of NHCradock
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 10:30 AM
> To: apisto@listbox.com
> Subject: Info wanted.
> 
> Hi
> My name is Nick, and i live in Australia. My first questions is
> 1.      I would like to get some info on keeping Apistogramma cactuoides
> "TripleRed"?
> 2.      How hard are they to keep, easly to bred?
> 3.      Are they ok to have in a planted community tank? I this tank i  have Blue
> rams, Lace gourmis, noen tetras, Asorted angels         totaling 3, Bosemani
> Rainbows(pair i think havent colur uo fully     yet), bristle nosed
> catfish.Assorted plants and rockwork, and       Driftwood in the tank.
> 4.      Are these fish avaiable in Australia?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Regards Nick.
> 
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