Apisto And What...

[joloco]

okay i've got two apistogrammas in a 20 gallon (UK) - i'm thinking i need to get another lady as the male is definately trying to bred with the female and i don't want him to over stress her, the consenus seems to be with plenty of caves it should be fine.

the two apistos (poss 3) are sharing with 3 lepard corries and two khulie loaches but what i'm wondering is what else could i put in there? another cichlid species - a convict or a dwarf acra? or even a keyhole?

i love my corries but don't want an all corrie tank...

i don't think glass catfish will handle my ph of 8.5 very well so i'm a bit lost for ideas at the minute.

and i'm not very keen on danios or gouramis or neon tetras or guppies (so thats the usual suspects out the window then!)

any ideas?


does anyone know anything about congo tetras?

 

[Callum]

a ph of 8.6 is a bit too high for most apistos also which apistos do you have and like rams there is a limit 1 per 10gallons of water as there terrotorial. Also ideally you could increase the cories to 6 (they prefer larger shoals). Also i wouldnt put any more dwarf cichlids in there either. you could add another coolie loach and maybe some striped catfish (i think there called this) there pretty max at about 5cm are upperwater and featured in a pfk somewhere


EDIT: they are called the African striped catfish / Pareutropius buffei

 

[BigC]

Your pH is way too high to breed Apistogammas. I would keep them with some south american killifish (top layers) of the species Rivulus.
But the pH and hardness needs to be adjusted. This cannot be achieved overnight and I suggest you read a little on water chemistry before making any drastic changes.
Regards
BigC