Re: Use of additives with RO water, Apisto aggressiveness

["Eagles#654" <eagles@tima.com>]

Helen,
Thanks for the info. I've kept the Malawi's for about 13 years now, and I've
just gotten tired of picking dead females (and smaller males) out of my tank
and trying to find replacements. Malawi's really do have a bit more of a
personality than most tropical fish though, and with them being
mouthbrooders, it was so easy to raise fry to take to my LFS for credit. I
guess, anymore, I consider them to be more of a cash crop than a hobby.
Boooorrrring :(

Thanks for the link. I've finally learned over the years, that an aquarium
full of fish doesn't seem so much fun when the fish are dying left and
right. I've found that doing the research _first_ makes for a more enjoyable
first few months of raising a new type of fish. :)

Thanks,
Sherry

-----Original Message-----
From: Helen Burns <helen.burns@bigwig.net>
To: apisto@admin.listbox.com <apisto@admin.listbox.com>
Date: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: Use of additives with RO water, Apisto aggressiveness


:Sherry,
:Apisto's are timid little things if you wish to compare them to Malawis.  I
:would recommend you read all the information you can about dwarf cichlids
:before venturing into the world of dwarfs.  You may wish to do as I did,
:look at the pictures in the books and then the species you like the most
:read everything you can about that species, then buy.
:Erik Olson's web site http://www.thekrib.com will give you answers to what
:you need to know.
:I think you are making a wise move, Malawis are too vicious for my liking.
:Helen
:
:
:>Also, I was wondering just how aggressive Apisto's usually are, (of
course,
:>as an average, since I don't know what kind I plan to get yet), can anyone
:>rate them as opposed to the African Malawi Cichlids? If not, just a
general
:>idea will do. I just threw out the comparison to the Malawi's because that
:>is the type of fish I have kept longest and am most familiar with.
:>
:>Hopefully they're not as bad as the Malawi's. I have a male Oblique that
:has
:>beat up two females in the past week! Kind of rough to breed them when the
:>females spend most of their time in a hospital tank. :(
:>
:>TIA,
:>Sherry
:
:
:
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