Apistogramma Cacatuoides Pair With Single Gbr?

[stevewood]

Will I be ok adding a pair of Apistogramma Cacatuoides to my densely planted 20G tank which is already home to a male German Blue Ram? The rest of the community consists of:

3 x Cories
2 x Oto's
8 x Rummy Nose Tetra's

The tank is overfiltered and very well maintained.

Thanks in advance

Steve

 

[foley69]

they should be fine i plan to add some more fish to my 15gal next week and that is heavily filtered and you say its maintained well then ther should be no problems apart from i there is aggression i would just study them for the first couple of weeks see if there are any signs but i cannot see any reason why they should kick off providing there is enough territory as the pair will be demanding something for territory

 

[sswm]

be sure to put a couple caves in there...you can use the coconut caves, a flower pot are easy to use as the apistos will find refuge in the caves if there are any problems or use them to spawn in

 

[stevewood]

Ok will do, the pair i've got my eye on have took charge of a bogwood 'cave' in their tank in the LFS (Wharf Aquatics) so i'm going to replecate that in my tank, along with some slate/bedrock caves.