A. bitaeniata care

[Linus_Cello]

Someone from my local fish club got back from Peru (Rio Nanay)has some wild strains for A. bitaeniata and agassizii for sale. I currently have agassizzii, but have never had any experience with bitaeniata (and there is no profile info for it on dwarfcichlid.com/). Are these easier or harder than agassizzii? Any other advice (other than the normal soft water/slightly acidic)?

 

[Mike Wise]

Slightly more difficult than A. agassizii. They live in blackwater biotopes, but are adaptable to most water values as long as extremes are avoided. Best breeding results happen at pH<6.5 and soft water. They are more shy and females often eat eggs or fry is disturbed.

 

[henkh]

I think think that you should take advantage of this opportunity. It's a nice species, although more variants are available of course. Make sure you create enough hiding places with wood, plants, litter leaf and caves, cause the sexes can be pretty agressive towards eachother! Depending on if there's eggs or fry or the mood, both male and female can be dominant over the opposite sex.