New Set Up For Apistogramma Tank

[matty2k]

Hi all, hope everyone had a great xmas. I was busy adjusting my tank to try and make it look like a natural habitat for my Apistogrammas. Here are a few snap i took of the adjustments so far.

 

[simonas]

looks cool mate very natural

they;ll breed in there!!!

 

[KittyKat]

The grass-type fountain-like plants are probably not aquatic.

If you want it to look more natural, litter the bottom with oak leaves.

 

[Verminator89]

My first thought was. "Uh-oh, mondo grass!". Someones sold you a non-aquatic plant i believe. All to common unfortunately. They will argue its a "marsh-plant", which it could be (don't know) but if it is, it won't survive fully submerged forever. I too had this exact looking plant and mine was mondo grass and died.


On the subject of the tank it looks fantastic. I really love that wood, its an absolute beast piece of wood

What stocking do you have in their currently?

 

[matty2k]

Plants were in my previous set up for the past 4 months and have been fine for now, they'll be taken out soon as Ive ordered a load of different Echinodorus plants which are usually found in South American habitat. I have just put in Indian Oak leaves but they'll take a while before dropping to the floor and Alder cones.

It now holds the following:
Apistogramma. Borellii 1 X MALE
Apistogramma. Cacatuoides 1 X MALE (GOLD), 2 X FEMALE & 3 JUVENILES (GOLD) 2 X MALE, 1 FEMALE. Probably get rid of males when they get bigger.
Apistogramma. Macmasteri 3 X JUVENILES (GOLD)
Wild Apistogramma. SP 'Rotpunkt' 1 x MALE, 1 X FEMALE
Apistogramma. Panduro 4 X JUVENILES (UNKOWN SEXING)
2 X Elephant nose fish (WILL BE GOING TO GOOD HOME AFTER New Year)
2 X Albino Bristle Nose Plec
Bolivian Ram 1 x FEMALE

 

[TheHolding]

How big is the tank?

What is the aggression like with all the apistogramma species in there?

I know with Malawi more cichlids can ease aggression as there is not enough space to establish territory.

I'm interested to see if this works with Apistogrammas.

 

[Carlovel1]

That tank is brilliant!

 

[matty2k]

Currently no aggression between all the Apistogramma. The biggest male is a Apistogramma Cacatuoides Gold that you can see on the pics, no other male is a big as him yet so only time will tell if the tank becomes aggressive. As i put on my stocklist quite a few are juveniles still. Im collectin 3 Pigeon Blood Discus on Saturday, thought id change the tank to a South American tank instead of all Apistogramma.

 

[fluvial]

Tjhat looks like a Jewull 180 Litre tank to me -
luv the set up.
The branches of wood look fantastic !!

 

[matty2k]

Fluvial close but no cigar 240.