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Wild Bitaeniata experience?

Shane Puthuparambil

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Has anyone had any experience with wild A. Bitaeniata? Looking into some at my local LFS. Might be added to my SA community tank.


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Mike Wise

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Never bought any other than wild. They are a blackwater species so keep the water soft(ish) and below pH6.8. At higher values they tend to be disease-prone. They might not breed under these conditions, but they'll live ok.
 

Carlos

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Mine were living in rainwater and a mix of soft spring water. I had to give them away, they were breeding too often:)
 

Drayden Farci

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Never bought any other than wild. They are a blackwater species so keep the water soft(ish) and below pH6.8. At higher values they tend to be disease-prone. They might not breed under these conditions, but they'll live ok.
If they are the ones I'm thinking about, he won't have to worry about breeding because they were sent all males! :D They are gorgeous though.

I've always observed A. bitaeniata to be a more shy/timid species. Does that hold true in established tanks, or only in LFS tanks where they are more likely stressed a bit?
 

TCMontium

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If they are the ones I'm thinking about, he won't have to worry about breeding because they were sent all males! :D They are gorgeous though.

I've always observed A. bitaeniata to be a more shy/timid species. Does that hold true in established tanks, or only in LFS tanks where they are more likely stressed a bit?

There are many apisto species, so I can not compare them to most, but as far as I could see in my and my friends' aquariums, they are just as cocky as other species when a male becomes dominant or a pair starts breeding. Other than these scenerios, they seem shy and simple like most other apistos I had did.
 

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