Hi all,
I'm a beginner setting up a 7 gallon planted tank originally with the idea of keeping only a pair of apisto.
However, I learned that it may be better to add pencilfish as dither so that male won't be too aggressive to the female.
Thus, I introduced 6 beckfordi var red to the tank before I want to add the apisto.
However, while the pencilfish hangs out in the open and in front of the tank most of the time and is not afraid of me staring at them, they looks skittish to me.
Any accidental tap on the tank with a metal tweezer will send into a frenzy dash that looks like knocking onto the glass.
The other livestock currently in the tank is 1 red spotted nerite and 1 horned nerite.
My questions are
1) I have problem feeding them
with slow sinking micro pellets, only those that drop directly in front of them, they will eat, else, the food will go into the gravel substrate.
with flakes, it will float around till it sink as they need a long time finding the food
So, how and what should I feed them with?
2) should I introduce other tank mates too? particularly otocinclus?
3) is the tank ready to introduce the apisto with the dither fish in the current condition?
if not, until what conditions are observed do I know the tank is ready?
I'm not looking for a particular species of apisto, but rather a pair with the best behavior towards each other available.
However, if there is any species that I should look into, please feel free to suggest.
Thanks.
I'm a beginner setting up a 7 gallon planted tank originally with the idea of keeping only a pair of apisto.
However, I learned that it may be better to add pencilfish as dither so that male won't be too aggressive to the female.
Thus, I introduced 6 beckfordi var red to the tank before I want to add the apisto.
However, while the pencilfish hangs out in the open and in front of the tank most of the time and is not afraid of me staring at them, they looks skittish to me.
Any accidental tap on the tank with a metal tweezer will send into a frenzy dash that looks like knocking onto the glass.
The other livestock currently in the tank is 1 red spotted nerite and 1 horned nerite.
My questions are
1) I have problem feeding them
with slow sinking micro pellets, only those that drop directly in front of them, they will eat, else, the food will go into the gravel substrate.
with flakes, it will float around till it sink as they need a long time finding the food
So, how and what should I feed them with?
2) should I introduce other tank mates too? particularly otocinclus?
3) is the tank ready to introduce the apisto with the dither fish in the current condition?
if not, until what conditions are observed do I know the tank is ready?
I'm not looking for a particular species of apisto, but rather a pair with the best behavior towards each other available.
However, if there is any species that I should look into, please feel free to suggest.
Thanks.