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i just set up 3 tanks (10, 10, 15 gal) with a nice pair in each tank of a. cacatoides, a. agassizzi and a. bitanaeta. presently i have them side by side, with each in full view of each other. i also have a single oto in each tank, to hopefully take some of the agression out of the males, which seems to be effective. tanks are bare bottom with a single cave in each tank and a corner box filter in each, plus a heater of course, set at 78- 80 deg. each tank has a small light over it, and i leave a 7 watt light on at night.
while i get to see lots of male 'showing' to the male in the next tank, i am wondering if i'm using a good approach, or should i slide a solid separator between the tanks.
i am in the process of conditioning them, feeding them nothing but frozen bloodworms and frozen tubifex worms, and cutting the tapwater i started with (gh 8, kh 4, ph 7.8) with pure r/o. i am down to 1/3 tap in each tank, and will put a small sock with peat in each tank and start measuring ph.
after keeping apistos for about a year, i want to get serious about raising some nice spawns. i hope this works. any thoughts?
tia, rick
while i get to see lots of male 'showing' to the male in the next tank, i am wondering if i'm using a good approach, or should i slide a solid separator between the tanks.
i am in the process of conditioning them, feeding them nothing but frozen bloodworms and frozen tubifex worms, and cutting the tapwater i started with (gh 8, kh 4, ph 7.8) with pure r/o. i am down to 1/3 tap in each tank, and will put a small sock with peat in each tank and start measuring ph.
after keeping apistos for about a year, i want to get serious about raising some nice spawns. i hope this works. any thoughts?
tia, rick