I have been keeping fish for several years. I generally focus on planted tanks (CO2 etc), and have been reading about Apistos for quite a while. I finally got a pair of Agassiziis 4 days ago. Currently I have them by themselves in a 10 gal heavily planted with a couple rock caves and a clay pot. They seem to be doing very well. They now swim around the tank about 1/2 the time and hide about half the time.
I am not an expert in spawing behavior, but the male seems to be very interested in her. He follows her around etc. She may be a little young. She is 1 1/2" long and he is 2 1/4" long.
My question is about food. They won't eat flakes (not too surprising from what I have read). I have feed them frozen bloodworms which they were quick to devour. Since then, the get interested anytime I go to the tank.
In the past, I have always fed with flakes (charicins etc). What do you recommend I feed these Apistos? Do I need to vary their diet. I have read that frozen food is a higher risk of diesese (especially Tubiflex). Do you all agree? When feeding with frozen food, do I still feed every day?
Thanks
I am not an expert in spawing behavior, but the male seems to be very interested in her. He follows her around etc. She may be a little young. She is 1 1/2" long and he is 2 1/4" long.
My question is about food. They won't eat flakes (not too surprising from what I have read). I have feed them frozen bloodworms which they were quick to devour. Since then, the get interested anytime I go to the tank.
In the past, I have always fed with flakes (charicins etc). What do you recommend I feed these Apistos? Do I need to vary their diet. I have read that frozen food is a higher risk of diesese (especially Tubiflex). Do you all agree? When feeding with frozen food, do I still feed every day?
Thanks