IsaacT
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Good evening(or morning, or afternoon, depending on where you're from)! I started my first tank in September of last year and recently added an Apistogramma macmasteri which I purchased from one of my LFS owners here in Tucson, AZ. I have been reading forum threads from this site for awhile and learned a lot, but sometimes you just cannot find what you are looking for no matter how good at Google-Fu you are. So, I decided to make an account so that I can seek answers more directly. I'll attach a photo of my tank as it was a few days ago(though I since moved the filter to the other side as I was worried I was introducing too much flow into the cave and the Java Fern cover). It is stocked with 1x Albino Bristlenose Pleco, 1x A. macmasteri, 2x Nerite Snails, and 18 Neon Tetras. I had hoped that the Neons would help make the apisto a bit more comfortable so he would come out more often. If anyone has advice for helping him be more comfortable to roam the tank, I'll be glad to hear it, otherwise I'll just give him as much time as he needs and hopefully at some point he will be more courageous.
At some point I plan to move the bristlenose out to his/her own tank to free up a bit of stocking(to either keep it more understocked, or too add some lower bio load fish) and to put the bristlenose in an environment where it will be easier to gravel vac debris out.
At any rate, I get the distinct impression that I am rambling, so I will end it there. It is nice to be here and I look forward to meeting you all.
-Isaac
PS - the photo is a composite of a few images so I could get the macmasteri exposed correctly in one and the neons/scape captured correctly in the other. It was NOT some sort of timing photography miracle lol.
At some point I plan to move the bristlenose out to his/her own tank to free up a bit of stocking(to either keep it more understocked, or too add some lower bio load fish) and to put the bristlenose in an environment where it will be easier to gravel vac debris out.
At any rate, I get the distinct impression that I am rambling, so I will end it there. It is nice to be here and I look forward to meeting you all.
-Isaac
PS - the photo is a composite of a few images so I could get the macmasteri exposed correctly in one and the neons/scape captured correctly in the other. It was NOT some sort of timing photography miracle lol.