if i got a trio of Apistogramma what other fish would be ok in a tank with them i got told top dwellers such as hatchets would be ok is this right thanks?
i dnt want to keep any of them i have about 20 home bred mollies in there already and im getting sick of them when i get the new fish i will spread the best mollies around my other tanks and give the others away ive done the whole sorry i offend someone basic fish i want to move on into something new if that makes sence with anyone
Dwarves are bottom dwellers and this is where their territory is, so as long as you go with something that won't be a competitor you'll do ok. Many characins, rasbora's, danio's, hatchets.. All will work. Remember that giving them good shoals increases their security and provides too many fish for the Dwarves to target when they're moody or spawning - larger groups of less species is always best. Avoid small, timid, or delicate varieties like neons.
If you really want to get into apistogrammas and would like to breed them then you really should think about getting an RO Unit as you live in london where the water is about as hard as it gets in the UK. RO Units are not that exspensive as they where a 50 gallon a day will set you back about £70.
But other than that as i said any tetra will be okay with them including Neons.
how do RO units work then and i was thinking about breeding them, i would really like to keep a type of cichlid that cares for the young ive forgotten what there called but i saw them today and the tiny babies werent touched by the bigger fish and there were ones of all sizes swimming together any one know a type that does this
ya....or not clown loaches since adult size is normally 10" + and they are a schooling fish, this means the need a tank over a foot in width, and quite long....so ya...
Apistogrammas female are some of the best protectors of there fry in the Cichlid world there care can last up too 3 months. It is also possible to have fry of many different ages in a tank at the same time. However I think the fish you are talking about is Neolamprologus brichardi witch is from Lake Tanganyika in Africa. They have small spawns of about 10 to 20 fry and as the fry grow up they help with the brood care of there siblings and continues until they reach sexual maturity. These fish are alos more suited to your water in London.
RO unit remove dissolved solids in your water by forcing it though a very fine filter which let water though but leaves the solids behind they are about 95% efficient and quite simple to install and use.