Re: unknown fish

["David Soares" <apistodave@bendcable.com>]

I'm not going to say it--If you keep t fish of different complexes in a
large tank you will be OK I like to keep one species in a 125 in my living
room and watch the interaction among individuals in a colony nijsseni
complex fish are good at this!
Soft Water Dwarf Cichlids
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike & Diane Wise" <apistowise@fgn.net>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 18, 2002 6:23 AM
Subject: Re: unknown fish


> Archie,
>
> Many of the apisto species will cohabit a large tank as long as there are
a lot
> of hiding/breeding places and is aquascaped to make visible territorial
> boundaries. A well aquascaped 75 should be able to house 3 different
looking
> apisto species in pairs or trios (e.g. A. sp. Masken, A. borellii, & A.
> cacatuoides). In this example all 3 species have different shapes and
fairly
> mellow dispositions. The same tank will be lucky to keep more than 1 pair
of A.
> atahualpa if it has virtually no aquascaping. This fish tends to be more
> aggressive to others of its own & other similar species than most apistos.
My
> suggestion is to buy a copy of Römer's atlas and read about the fish you
are
> interested in keeping.
>
> Archie Christian wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have any ideas about cohabitation among different apisto's
> > in aquaria?  In other words, can I put a couple different apisto types
> > (two or three at most) in one tank (75 gal), and still get some spawning
> > with minimal aggression?  also, what about monomagous vs. polygamous
> > fish?  would it be better to have 2 or 3 monogamous pairs, than 2 or 3
> > triplets?  forgive me if i'm using "triplet" wrong...i kinda assumed it
> > meant one male and 2 females in order to maintain a suitable habitat for
> > polygamous apistos.  I know the atahualpas won't share with any other
> > apisto.  my aggi is pretty aggressive too.  since he is solo, i have him
> > in my crappy hex show tank, and he and the dwarf gourami go round and
> > round.  is it true that adding a mate will quell this behavior?
> >
>
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