I tried. Fish burrows in sand beneath small piece of hardscape. Anytime it’s out it swims around wildly as if afraid. Comes out to eat and darts right back. I tried, but so far this is the best I can get. Apologies.
What does the tank look like? Apistogramma like a lot of cover.
Heavily planted, coconut huts, etc. It just burrows in the sand beneath that stuff. Haha.
We hear the term heavily planted a lot and it rarely fits the bill objectively. Just post a picture and let people get their own impression. The "haha" gives many people a bias you don't want, btw.
It is “heavily planted”. Objectively, subjectively, either way. You’re looking at a 20 long with 6 Echinodorus (three E. amazonicus and three subalatus), bunches of Ludwigia repens and Alternathera reineckii, a top mat of Salvinia minima, and Cryptocoryne lutea and wendtii scattered in the front (forgive me that Cryptocoryne isn’t South American). I understand what you meant, and sincerely apologize if my response seems rude, but I’m matching what I feel your intentions are (assuming I know nothing about aquariums and/or plants because I’m new to keeping Apistogramma). “Haha” isn’t intended to lend any “bias”, as it is a way for me to show that I enjoy discussing information with people who I had hoped were interested as well. I’m not sure what bias it implies, unless you picture me with a nervous look on my face and literally saying the words “haha” as I look at a tank with one rock and one sprig of water sprite and say “heavily planted”, which is not the case. My apologies for creating bias as I smile or laugh/enjoy myself. I’ll try to avoid in the future.
True. I’m just impatient and tend to freak out over things that are largely out of my control. I’ll wait and see!
Exactly, that's heavily planted, though not densely overgrown (which would be the next step in my book).
