Electric Warrior
Fishaholic
Hi, I haven't posted in a while, but I am looking to replace my dead apistos with something, preferably different. I originally started out with three apisto cacs a year ago; one male and two female. The male formed a pair with one immediately, bred with her all of the time, and basically ignored the other most of the time, although they did spawn once that I did see. That female did die a while back, I think from being bullied quite a bit by the other female... The pair that were left still spawned and seemed fine.
Everything changed after I got my breeding pair of adult discus back in March. The pair of apistos seemed to stay around the back of the tank a bit more and not come out of their cave too much. Everything was fine until the female suddenly died a month or so back due to unknown causes. The params were fine, and she had no physical trauma/damage or disease that I could see (I managed to fish her out right away and had a look). After that, the male started to seem a bit lethargic and stopped eating. I didn't get any more apisto cac females because I was going on holiday for a month. While I was on holiday, I had a friend come round to do wc's once a week, and he said that he would never see the male eat, and on his last visit, last week, the male was dead, RIP.
Now I am thinking about what I want to replace them with, and need some suggestions? I was thinking rams, but haven't kept them before. I love the look of the gbr, but also the electric blue. I believe that they are more difficult to sex that apistos, is that correct? Therefore how many should I get if I did go with rams? Do they prefer to be kept on pairs or harems like apistos? Tank is a moderately heavy planted 240l, with a shoal of cardinals, a breeding pair of discus, 5 hatchetfish, and one bristle nose plec. Water is kept at 82f/28c, and Ph is 6.2. Thanks.
Everything changed after I got my breeding pair of adult discus back in March. The pair of apistos seemed to stay around the back of the tank a bit more and not come out of their cave too much. Everything was fine until the female suddenly died a month or so back due to unknown causes. The params were fine, and she had no physical trauma/damage or disease that I could see (I managed to fish her out right away and had a look). After that, the male started to seem a bit lethargic and stopped eating. I didn't get any more apisto cac females because I was going on holiday for a month. While I was on holiday, I had a friend come round to do wc's once a week, and he said that he would never see the male eat, and on his last visit, last week, the male was dead, RIP.
Now I am thinking about what I want to replace them with, and need some suggestions? I was thinking rams, but haven't kept them before. I love the look of the gbr, but also the electric blue. I believe that they are more difficult to sex that apistos, is that correct? Therefore how many should I get if I did go with rams? Do they prefer to be kept on pairs or harems like apistos? Tank is a moderately heavy planted 240l, with a shoal of cardinals, a breeding pair of discus, 5 hatchetfish, and one bristle nose plec. Water is kept at 82f/28c, and Ph is 6.2. Thanks.
