Cross-Breeding Avoidance

[Kevin Fehringer]

I recently got some great little Apistos at our local club auction. Are there some general guidelines regarding which groups you can keep together to avoid cross-breeding. What I purchased were A. hongsloi, A. melgar, A. macmasteri, and A. bitaeniata.

Thanks!

 

[Mike Wise]

Avoid keeping species of the same species-group together (like A. hongsloi & A. macmasteri). Avoid keeping fish with similar body and fin shapes together (more interspecies aggression). Better yet, for breeding purposes, keep them all in separate tanks.