Re: Considering these apistos and I'm New!

[~Lianne~ <emiko@columbus.rr.com>]

Gary - Okay, thanks!  I've just tested my tank water, and my pH is 6.8, KH is 2
degrees, and GH is 7 degrees.  I think my GH is too high, what about my pH?  Also,
you say that they stay small, how small are they?  Thanks again!

~Lianne

Frauley Elson wrote:

> Lianne,
> Don't get me wrong! You can keep borelli happy in a ten.
> For newcomers with apistos, a good source of info on natural habitats is
> necessary. The environmental conditions that work on Apisto evolution
> are very different depending on where the fish originate. The blackwater
> (very soft/acid water) apistos are much more challenging than the
> generalist apistos. Njisseni, hongsloi and others are not necessarily
> easy fish.
> Borelli is a generalist from the southern range - for example a
> killiekeeping friend of mine just found them in Argentina while hunting
> for his favorite killies - and come from conditions that aren't hard to
> duplicate in a tank with average North American tapwater. You don't have
> to do anything special for borelli - like cacatuoides, I've bred them in
> the same tapwater as N. brichardi.
> Borelli are recommended because unlike many other apistos, they are
> REALLY small. Most of the others need at least a 15 gallon, just to have
> enough bottom space.
> Borelli females are small, and even if the fish may possibly look drab
> in the store, the males are really pretty.
> -Gary



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