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good apistos to start with
I am looking to start breeding apisto's. I currently have some agasizzis.
I also have blue rams. Both species are healthy in my tanks. I have heard that agasizzi are harder to breed than others. what would be some species of apistos that would be best to start off with. I have been successful with kribs. Water parameters are pH 6.8, KH 3, and GH 7 using peat water. Tap water is 8.2, KH 7, and GH 10. I have tried breeding the rams for the past weeks, but so far no luck. |
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"Mike" ..
I am looking to start breeding apisto's. I currently have some agasizzis. I also have blue rams. Both species are healthy in my tanks. I have heard that agasizzi are harder to breed than others. what would be some species of apistos that would be best to start off with. I have been successful with kribs. Water parameters are pH 6.8, KH 3, and GH 7 using peat water. Tap water is 8.2, KH 7, and GH 10. I have tried breeding the rams for the past weeks, but so far no luck. With those water parameters A. cacatuoides would be hard to beat beyond the A. aggasizzi. Get a group of one male to three or four females, plunk them in a 20long or so with good water, good foods and plenty of hiding spots and its hard to get them to stop spawning. My first was A. cf. eunotus Orangeschwanz, pretty fish, also very easy to work with. Any of the whitewater Apistos would probably be a good bet. You might also get away with A. sp. carapintada and A. borelli. Stay away from the nijsenni complex species, such as A. panduro, A. sp. Inca, A. payaminonis, A. nijsenni.. as these are quite aggressive fish and require pH's near 5 and under to trigger breeding in most cases. Also stay away from the blackwater species like A. diplotaenia, A. elizabethae and possibly A. bitaeniata (although its easier to get tank bred specimens of the bitaeniata, and these usually aren't so fussy with their water.) Check out http://www.aquabotanic.com/complex.html. This lists the species of Apistos (not all are shown in this article since its old) by complex. If you stay within the regani complex of fish it's hard to get anything that are very hard to maintain or to breed. Good luck! Sarah |
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Do you think The A. Agasizzi would be successful in my water?
"Samala" wrote in message om... "Mike" .. I am looking to start breeding apisto's. I currently have some agasizzis. I also have blue rams. Both species are healthy in my tanks. I have heard that agasizzi are harder to breed than others. what would be some species of apistos that would be best to start off with. I have been successful with kribs. Water parameters are pH 6.8, KH 3, and GH 7 using peat water. Tap water is 8.2, KH 7, and GH 10. I have tried breeding the rams for the past weeks, but so far no luck. With those water parameters A. cacatuoides would be hard to beat beyond the A. aggasizzi. Get a group of one male to three or four females, plunk them in a 20long or so with good water, good foods and plenty of hiding spots and its hard to get them to stop spawning. My first was A. cf. eunotus Orangeschwanz, pretty fish, also very easy to work with. Any of the whitewater Apistos would probably be a good bet. You might also get away with A. sp. carapintada and A. borelli. Stay away from the nijsenni complex species, such as A. panduro, A. sp. Inca, A. payaminonis, A. nijsenni.. as these are quite aggressive fish and require pH's near 5 and under to trigger breeding in most cases. Also stay away from the blackwater species like A. diplotaenia, A. elizabethae and possibly A. bitaeniata (although its easier to get tank bred specimens of the bitaeniata, and these usually aren't so fussy with their water.) Check out http://www.aquabotanic.com/complex.html. This lists the species of Apistos (not all are shown in this article since its old) by complex. If you stay within the regani complex of fish it's hard to get anything that are very hard to maintain or to breed. Good luck! Sarah |
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"Mike"...
Do you think The A. Agasizzi would be successful in my water? I can't see why not. I've had aggasizzi do well in very similar conditions. They aren't to breed in my experience. Sarah |
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Mike..
Sorry about that! They aren't too HARD to breed in my experience. As far as leaving the pair together: it honestly depends on what size tank we're talking here. Anything over 15 gallons and I'd say DEFINITELY leave them together. Apisto's are usually fabulous little parents, and their breeding behavior is one of the main reasons people get into them. A ten gallon tank is iffy, a five gallon would be a definite female-only situation. As far as breeding tips, I can't offer too much. I've just started with Apistos about a year ago myself. I find that feeding good food (whiteworms, blackworms, mosquito larvae, daphnia, balanced pelleted foods), doing plenty of water changes, and being patient is all you need to get these fish in the mood. Sure, that's more work than a lot of fishes, but, they're worth it. If you haven't read anything on it already, look into getting a few dither fish.. pencilfish work the best in my experience. And check out http://www.thekrib.com/Apisto if you haven't already for more info. Good luck with them!! Soon you'll be overwhelmed with fry and will be ordering the newest species from faraway places, I can tell. One last thing, I suggest joining the Apisto mailing list. There are loads of people there who can give you far better info/advice than I. To subscribe to this list, send the following command to , on a line by itself in the body, not subject of an email subscribe apisto Sarah |
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