Re: Beginner needs help! (Was: High density fish tank)

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

Put all but that P fish in there.
Soft Water Dwarf Cichlids
Uwe Romer & David Soares
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Phone/541-549-9350
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Lean Oric" <LeanOric@deusystems.cz>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:25 PM
Subject: Beginner needs help! (Was: High density fish tank)


> Hello everybody in this great mailing list!
>
> I'm working on my first aquarium and your comments to my post would be
> really helpful for me. I would like to have as much Apistos as possible in
> my 30 gallon aquarium so I would like to hear more on concept of "High
> density aquarium" (especially your species recommendations and counts).
I'm
> able to obtain these species and maybe some others too: A. cacatuoides, A.
> borelii, A. agassizzi, Microgeophagus/Papiliochromis ramirezi (Ram), P.
> pulcher (Krib).
>
> Is it better to have more fish of one specie or pair of each? What about
> male/female ratios in these high density tanks?
>
> Thank you very much for your time!
> Lean Oric
>
> p.s. I didn't get any replies to my original post below
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Lean Oric
> To: apisto@listbox.com
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 12:22 PM
> Subject: High density fish tank
>
>
> Hi fellow aquarists,
> I've recently bought 130 litre aquarium (45x55cm footprint, 70cm high).
Last
> two weeks I've been searching on the internet for fish I like and find
that
> I really like Apistogramma and Pelvicachromis sp. I saw that everyone
> seriously interested in breeding uses 10 gallon tanks for single pairs.
But
> breeding is not my main goal (though succesful spawning would be a bonus)
> I'm mainly interested in keeping attractive fishes so I thought of high
> density fish set-up to which I found few references in archives.
>
> quote:
> >"I have always kind of thought that those high density wetups work
because
> >there is no opportunity to establish territories in the normal sense.
> There
> >just isn't enough space, and there are too many intruders to keep them
all
> out
> >of your turf."
>
> I'd like to hear anybody's experiences with such set-ups. Is it really
> solution to aggression of dwarf cichlids? I'll appreciate any tips for
> particular species that would fit into this set-up. I thought about five
to
> ten pairs of really different species- one or two pairs of each. At the
end
> of week I'm going for a visit to my local fish supplier so I would like to
> hear your comments beforehand. I could also add small school of some
dither
> fish to cover also upper strata with fish, what do you think?
>
> I plan to have fine white sand on the bottom and two sides as walls from
> lava rocks to provide as much caves and slots as possible. I plan lots of
> plants but haven't decided on particular strains- I would love to hear
your
> input on this. What are right plants into this setup?
>
> I count with extra care for additional filtering, cleaning and massive
water
> changes that are associated with high-density aquarium.
>
> Thank you very much for help!
> Lean Oric
>
>
>
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