Steel Blue Apisto Hybrid

[foley69]

i have just reserved a steel blue hybrid apisto and i was just wondering does anybody have any info on these i.e care and requirements as i cant fidn any good info on them

 

[shroob]

Not up on apistos but a few net searches throw up that its regarded as a mix of a resticulosa-complex and caetei-complex species.

They are apparently nearly 100% male, so breeding them will need exceptional luck, but they can breed with other apisto species such as borelli.

One source I read just said 'regular apisto care' ph 6.5-7.6 so I don't think they are that demanding, as long as water is clean and extremes avoided they should be fine.

Got most of my info from searches on 'apistogramma.com' forum. Hope this helps.

 

[foley69]

cheers shroob thats all i got off google

well my 15 gal has been running for 4 week today so i will pick the guy up at weekend, i did a fish in cycle with 2 danios as my nan was gunna flush hers so i thought why not keep them for that so this weekend i am picking him up quite cheap £2.95 for him i will get some picks when he is settled in. my ph is around 7.5-7.8 so hopefully he will be fine. i will be getting 4 peppered cories and soem kind of shaoling fish maybe galaxy rasboras.