Cooder
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Hey guys,
I believe this is my first post, so first ill say Hi, and that im another user from Australia. Some may recognize the name from ACE Forums or QLDAF. Before i ask my question i would tell my first experience with apistos which was rather tragic. I bought a german pair of agassizii double red from FishChicks, had them setup in my 2ft tank with all going well, i noticed that i could not see the female after a few days and the male had started to come "out of his shell" (if i may use a shellie term, im a Tang fan!) yet the female wasnt. I didnt think much of it as i know what new fish are like when added to the aquarium, so another couple of days went by, no female... i eventually found her body dead for a few days, stuck in the mesh of my large anubias plants. My first piece of advice on this forum, ALWAYS TAKE THE MESH POTS OFF YOUR PLANTS!! lol.
Anyway getting to the gist of things, what would be the most healthy diet for my second go at beautiful apistos? This time im going for either A. bitaenitia flame back or A. baenschi inka 50.
I feed New life Spectrum Cichlid formula as a staple to my tangs, 2 times a day at least and frozen blood worms every second day at last feed. When i can get some i also hatch BBS, mainly for fry.
Any suggestions as too a good quality staple food for apistos?
almost forgot to mention this new tank will be setup soon, currently waiting for substrate and new testing kit before seeding a new filter and purchasing plants... I will surely put some photos up of my new setup when it materialises.
Thanks for the great forum,
Im looking forward to reading some of Mike Wise' and others articles... very interesting stuff what ive read so far...
Cody
I believe this is my first post, so first ill say Hi, and that im another user from Australia. Some may recognize the name from ACE Forums or QLDAF. Before i ask my question i would tell my first experience with apistos which was rather tragic. I bought a german pair of agassizii double red from FishChicks, had them setup in my 2ft tank with all going well, i noticed that i could not see the female after a few days and the male had started to come "out of his shell" (if i may use a shellie term, im a Tang fan!) yet the female wasnt. I didnt think much of it as i know what new fish are like when added to the aquarium, so another couple of days went by, no female... i eventually found her body dead for a few days, stuck in the mesh of my large anubias plants. My first piece of advice on this forum, ALWAYS TAKE THE MESH POTS OFF YOUR PLANTS!! lol.
Anyway getting to the gist of things, what would be the most healthy diet for my second go at beautiful apistos? This time im going for either A. bitaenitia flame back or A. baenschi inka 50.
I feed New life Spectrum Cichlid formula as a staple to my tangs, 2 times a day at least and frozen blood worms every second day at last feed. When i can get some i also hatch BBS, mainly for fry.
Any suggestions as too a good quality staple food for apistos?
almost forgot to mention this new tank will be setup soon, currently waiting for substrate and new testing kit before seeding a new filter and purchasing plants... I will surely put some photos up of my new setup when it materialises.
Thanks for the great forum,
Im looking forward to reading some of Mike Wise' and others articles... very interesting stuff what ive read so far...
Cody