Re: Discus and Apistos

[Geo/Len <szucs@total.net>]

Hi to everyone

I just had a pair of  panduro  spawn in a 35 gallon square
tank.(21x21x21 inches) I did have a lot of plants, java moss and of
course gravel.

The panduro are a little over one inch long and they were terrorizing
10 small Koi Angels, 14 small Panda Cory`s  and two full grown Dicrossus
maculatus.

Finally had to take out the Panduro and put them in there own tank

George

> Gary writes:
>
> > I saw a pair of panduro spawning in an 80 gallon Discus tank today.
> It
> >  was a bare tank, and the apistos were spawning in a corner. They
> were
> >  defending 1/3 of the tank against half a dozen adult-sized discus,
> and
> >  terrorizing them, even as they were laying the eggs.
> >  It was something to think about.
> >>
> IMHO, the operative phrase here is *bare tank*.  This left the
> panduros with
> no choice but to control the entire tank.  Given enough territory, and
> natural
> "boundaries" within the tank, less aggrssive behavior would be
> apparent.
>
> Bob Dixon