• Hello guest! Are you an Apistogramma enthusiast? If so we invite you to join our community and see what it has to offer. Our site is specifically designed for you and it's a great place for Apisto enthusiasts to meet online. Once you join you'll be able to post messages, upload pictures of your fish and tanks and have a great time with other Apisto enthusiasts. Sign up today!

Borellii M:F Ratio

AboveBeyond

New Member
Messages
7
I"m looking to get some Borelli for a 50g tank. What's the appropriate ratio of M:F. I'm looking to get 6 and was thinking of 2M:4F but they are all sold 1M:1F. Is 3M:3F good ratio?

Thanks!
 

aarhud

Active Member
5 Year Member
Messages
343
How many fish you can keep is equally dependent on structure as it is tank size. So if the tank is really open, you may not have room for three males. The trick to keeping multiple fish in one tank successfully is making "pockets" in the cover about 8-12" square. Each pocket will be a territory.

For example, I had a 125g with 3 males and 10 females A. cacatuoides, but the tank was so packed with driftwood I could only see a few females at a time. I redid the tank and made it more open, but I ended up with something like 1 male and 6 females.
 

Members online

Forum statistics

Threads
17,950
Messages
116,508
Members
13,056
Latest member
DayanaSic

Latest profile posts

Josh wrote on anewbie's profile.
Testing
EDO
Longtime fish enthusiast for over 70years......keen on Apistos now. How do I post videos?
Looking for some help with fighting electric blue rams :(
Partial updated Peruvian list have more than this. Please PM FOR ANY QUESTIONS so hard to post with all the ads poping up every 2 seconds….
Top