Re: Beginner needs help

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

Well I do and I don't Lean  I should have clarified that this was an
exceptional situation and I beleive an exceptional fish ,in a tank that size
I would reasonbly expect to get away with a trio IF heavily planted and so
forth
Soft Water Dwarf Cichlids
Uwe Romer & David Soares
14697 S. Bluegrass Ln.
Sisters OR, 97759
Phone/541-549-9350
apistodave@bendcable.com
www.apistogrammaidiots.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lean Oric" <LeanOric@deusystems.cz>
To: <apisto@listbox.com>
Sent: Friday, May 24, 2002 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: Beginner needs help


> > > Forgive me for asking for clarification, but if I read the original
> > > post correctly the 30 gallon tank in question has a height of 70 cm.
> > > (28" if my brain is working ) and the poster was asking about housing
5
> > > - 10 pairs of apistos therein??? I assume this tank would have about
the
> > > same (or less) floor space as a 15 gallon tank, and as such would
house
> > > a pair or trio well, along with some upper-water dither fishes... The
> > > capacity of a tank to house bottom-dwelling, territorial fishes (like
> > > apistos) is determined by the area of the tank floor, not by how many
> > > gallons of water the tank will hold.
> > >
> > > Martha
>
> Hello and thanks for comments.
> This tank is actually pretty high, with footprint only 18"x22". I
understand
> that its really pushing limits for territorial fish like Apistos. That's
why
> I asked more experienced people. I know that fish like this needs 1,5 to 3
> square feets territorium, but I thought that there can be exceptions to
this
> rule (Some certain Apisto species or this "high density aquarium"
concept).
>
> > Here's one for you throw all the formulas out cause they don't mean
> nuthin.
> > The first time Uwe Romer came to my place he came to get Juruensis that
I
> > had, he brought elizabethae to trade. I had a bunch of the Jurus in a
> > growing tank, But I also had the KING APISTO of them all in a 29 gallon,
> > heavily planted tank in my bedroom.You can see this fish and this tank
on
> > Pages 509,511,and 513 in the Atlas. Uwe wanted offspring of this fish to
> > take back, so we broke the tank down to get them. When we were done we
had
> > counted 150 Jurus, fry and all!
>
> Hello David,
> seems like you don't agree. Could you please recommend me how many males
and
> females would you put in? Last time I asked for information on The Ram in
> local pet store I was told that there is no problem with keeping more
pairs
> of them (as opposite to A.agassizzi Double Red). I'm confused- are they
> indeed as territorial as any other Apistos? Or are there any exceptional
> species that I should look for?
>
> Thank you very much,
> Lean Oric
>
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