Apistogrammas

[mattbond]

im thinking of getting some apistogrammas, maybe cockatoos, bitaeniata or agazzis

which would reccomend for my tank: it has a ph of 7.0 (can be lowered), GH of 12, has plenty of coconut shells and caves, sand substrate, floating riccia, amazon swords at back and more plants

tankmates: 2 peppered cories, 1 horse-faced loach, 2 ottos, 5 neon tetras, 3 bentos tetras, 4 platies + approx 10 fry, 1 ancistrus

any suggestions?

 

[mattbond]

someone reply pleasE?

 

[stang1]

How big is the tank?

 

[mattbond]

110 litres, 80cm long, 35 deep, 40 tall

 

[Gilli]

I have a pair of cockatoos in my 250L community tank along with 2 x german blue rams, black phantom tetras, panda corys, danios, platys, guppies, amano shrimp and a BN plec and everyone gets along with no problems!

 

[mattbond]

is it true cockatoos follow you around the room and stare at you a lot?

 

[Gilli]

Yes it is true - as soon as you go near the tank they rush over and follow you about! they are very nosey and very endearing!

 

[mattbond]

how difficult are they to keep? and are my parameters ok? (GH of 12, ph of 7)