Atahualpa.

[Randy Carey <carey@spacestar.net>]

I've kept thirty-some (if not forty-some) Apisto species.  The only species 
that I remember jumping out of the tank was A. atahualpa.  I had gotten 5 
or 6 wild-caughts through an import, and I put them all in a 2/3-full 
10-gallon tank. (nothing unusual about that.)  Then next morning I was down 
to 2 or 3, and within a couple of days I had just a sole survivor.  No 
doubt about it, their temperament is not typical for Apistos.

--Randy
(by the way, closer to the north pole than to the equator -- unlike 
"tundra" John ;-)


At 01:08 PM 3/6/2002, you wrote:
> I've kept Atahualpa in the past.... I found it to be the most nastiest
> apisto i ever kept...As a matter of fact, of all the apistos i've kept,
> i never got them to spawn. ( yes, i did spawn the Maulbruter.... the
> eggs just didnt hatch lol )..   Atahualpa dont like anything in their
> tank.   I started with 2 different trios..... ended up with one fish
> from 2 different tanks that were set up just for them.   In tank 1 ,
> male killed female, then second female, In tank 2 Male killed female,
> then second female killed male... left me with one pair  ?? right???  so
> i put female and male together.... well they lived happy together for
> about a month..... then she killed him.    Talk about a cold
> female....8-) sorry!!!
> With one female left..... she became a tank mate for my breeding pair of
> Oscars..... but not for very long... hehe...
>
> This is a gorgeous species.... but one i wont keep again , unless i plan
> on trying them in a 55 gallon tank alone or a bigger tank yet set up
> JUST for them.
>
> Just my experiences with these fish... Oh my fish were wild caught fish
> too.... maybe this had something to do with their Nasty disposition.
>
> Tundra John


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