Belgianbiscuit Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Hi, I was wondering which apistos would live in peace with a couple of Ramirezi? Planning to get a 200 liter tank and was wondering to get 6 or so apistos in there. Other fish will be mainly tetras. Reason I'd say Ramirezi is because I like them and easy to find locally. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loginthesand Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 in my experience almost all apistos will go well, with the exception of occasional chasing, just make sure there is plenty of plants. that said with ramirezi i would be cautious as they can get much bigger than most apistos. sounds like a good tank let us know when its up and running. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted January 23, 2012 Report Share Posted January 23, 2012 Rams do not get bigger than most apisto's but they will usually live peacefully enough together as long as you have a large enough tank and hiding spots. The only time you might have a problem is if one or both try to spawn and even then I have never seen any ram getting the better of any apisto, especially a female apisto with eggs or fry. Most female apistos require a 30 x 30cm territory each. Males usually have one about twice this size or more. Blue rams will usually only defend a small territory. A.cacatouides or macmasteri should go well with them as they require very similar parameters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgianbiscuit Posted January 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Thanks guys, @Bilbo, noticed you are from Bulls. Where do you get your fish from? Palmy shops are limited when it comes to Apistos :-) Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgianbiscuit Posted June 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 I am going to HFF on Friday in Albany. They seem to have some apistos. Can anyone give me their thoughts on: -Apisto Hongsloi -Blue Apistograma (Are these cacatuoides?) And is it best to buy a male and a female? Or more? Not planning to actively breed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Hongsloi are awesome but I have lost my last 4 males (over the last 2 years) so I now only have females. You can buy them off me if you want. Get a male from HFF and get the proven adult females from me for half the price of the shop stuff There is no such thing as blue apisto Its is probably Apistogramma sp. 'Steel Blue'. The only other fish known as the blue apisto is the A. panduro but I dont think thats in the country anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeebee Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 What brand of prepared foods do you guys feed them? Whats their favourite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 The Apistogramma Blue are actually Trifasciata.... They are up to $45 in shops... I have them for $15 if interested. Macmasteri for $8 Cheers Dan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Macmasteri and trifasciata go really well together in my experience :thup: I'd be wary of putting agassizii and trifasciata together because I have them in the same tank and there is a wee bit of aggression but so far nothing serious, just a bit of flaring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird73 Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 The Apistogramma Blue are actually Trifasciata.... They are up to $45 in shops... I have them for $15 if interested. Macmasteri for $8 Cheers Dan. yup the HFF ones are definitely trifasciata. Can recommend danvals tho they are :nfs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 Thanks Sunbird73 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilbo Posted June 11, 2012 Report Share Posted June 11, 2012 The Apistogramma Blue are actually Trifasciata.... That makes sense but pretty confusing if the store cant put the correct name on them. I have some from Danval as well and the are stunning fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danval Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 I do agree Bilbo. LFS has these also advertised as "Blue Apisto" ($43). The tri's I have came in as Trifasciata... Must be what the importer marketed them as? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#!CrunchBang Posted June 14, 2012 Report Share Posted June 14, 2012 HFF Albany had some super red cockatoos that came in labelled as double red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunbird73 Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 There is no such thing as blue apisto Its is probably Apistogramma sp. 'Steel Blue'. they usually label the A. sp "steel blue" as Apistogramma borelli when they come in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godly3vil Posted July 13, 2012 Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 they usually label the A. sp "steel blue" as Apistogramma borelli when they come in Thats what the one I bought was labeled as. Seems to be poor quality stock though, he didn't even last a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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