Bummer. Apistos sure do seem prone to "mysterious death syndrome".
This is why they'll never be "bread and butter" fish in the mass-market hobby.
. Interestingly enough, the Apistogramma raised alongside the rainbow cichlid fry did better than their counterparts housed in their own tank. Probably not very suprising to many of you. I usually don't raise fry, much less two species at the same time.
That part IS interesting! I would have guessed the Herotilapia fry would bully and outcompete the Apisto fry for food. Maybe having voracious feeders as tankmates encourages the Apistos to eat more?
Hey aarhud!
Any updates on this tank. The initial tank lokkes great, so i’m really curious to see how it planned out with african setup... -if you went that way.
-r
Sounds great with new setup. Please post pics when you got them.
I too got rimless tanks and my 3 swords in the big one is well over 50 cm tall.
-r