Hi guys,
Have been lurking here for a little while but finally decided to post. Over the past few weeks I've been putting together a biotope to house a pair/trio of wild caught Apistogramma baenschi "Inka 50". The tank is a rimless/braceless 20" glass cube on an ADA style stand, lit by a 150W 6500K Halide and filtered by an Eheim Classic 2215 w/ Lily Pipes. Heating is done inline with a Hydor ETH 200W to reduce clutter nside the tank.
Using photographs from Martin and Toms website (http://apisto.sites.no/default.aspx) of collection points in Peru, I scaped the tank with a large amount of driftwood and a handful of Terminalia catappa (Indian Almond) leaves.
The tank is stocked with majority wild-caught specimens.
3x Apistogramma baenschi "Inka 50" (1M 2F, Wildcaught)
10x Nannostomus marginatus (Wildcaught)
5x Otocinclus sp.
The baenschi have only been in the tank for nearly 4 days now but they're settling in nicely, foraging frozen Hikari bloodworm and spiraluna brineshrimp, as well as crushed New Life Spectrum dry foods.
Male.
Female(s).
Couple of N. marginatus photos.
This is my first serious venture into Apistogramma. I've been keeping South American species, mainly Eartheater colonies for the past few years now and have recently decided to downsize - I must say that I'm really not minding it, and have a 3x18x18" Biotope setup planned for the next few weeks (after I've finished the 215G upgrade for my Satanoperca leucosticta colony)
Cheers,
Ryan.
Have been lurking here for a little while but finally decided to post. Over the past few weeks I've been putting together a biotope to house a pair/trio of wild caught Apistogramma baenschi "Inka 50". The tank is a rimless/braceless 20" glass cube on an ADA style stand, lit by a 150W 6500K Halide and filtered by an Eheim Classic 2215 w/ Lily Pipes. Heating is done inline with a Hydor ETH 200W to reduce clutter nside the tank.
Using photographs from Martin and Toms website (http://apisto.sites.no/default.aspx) of collection points in Peru, I scaped the tank with a large amount of driftwood and a handful of Terminalia catappa (Indian Almond) leaves.
The tank is stocked with majority wild-caught specimens.
3x Apistogramma baenschi "Inka 50" (1M 2F, Wildcaught)
10x Nannostomus marginatus (Wildcaught)
5x Otocinclus sp.
The baenschi have only been in the tank for nearly 4 days now but they're settling in nicely, foraging frozen Hikari bloodworm and spiraluna brineshrimp, as well as crushed New Life Spectrum dry foods.
Male.
Female(s).
Couple of N. marginatus photos.
This is my first serious venture into Apistogramma. I've been keeping South American species, mainly Eartheater colonies for the past few years now and have recently decided to downsize - I must say that I'm really not minding it, and have a 3x18x18" Biotope setup planned for the next few weeks (after I've finished the 215G upgrade for my Satanoperca leucosticta colony)
Cheers,
Ryan.