Re: Corys & Apistos

[Pete Johnson <petej@wordsanddeeds.com>]

>I don't know why you've considered njisseni nasty.  I've got several
>wild caught pairs of these fish in with BIVs, E. sexfasciatus, cardinal
>tetras, otocinclus, and D. filementosus.  I've only seen aggression directed 
at
>other njisseni and never anything vicious at the other fish.

I consider them nasty because my first big wild batch -- about 16 in a 2 
x 4 foot tank (~80 gallons with lots of floor space) killed about 20 
cardinal tetras before deciding to kill each other. Eventually I had one 
nijsseni in the tank, and about six cardinals.