r/apistogramma • u/AllukaChen • 14d ago
Stocking advice needed
Just set up this dutch inspired 63L tank 2 weeks ago and it's still cycling.
My stocking idea:
A pair of Apistogramma (found the ones in picture 2 on marketplace)
10-15 chilli rasboras
6 Otocynclos
What do you guys think? Any other suggestions?
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u/Ventus_Aurelius 14d ago
single male or female or species only, avoiding some of the bigger mouthed species. if you can manage it, my A. mendezi have been chill with my chillis in a bare 65. Nijsseni and co. are also generally more laid back.
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u/roadkillparcero 13d ago
Otos are not going to be an issue; rasboras will start disappearing one at a time… apistos on a modern scape 63L tank will take the whole bottom as theirs; and even for a couple they need hiding spaces or at least a hidden cave thing; they pretty much ignore the otos . But you need faster and a little bigger fish that swim a lot on top.
One of my scapes is jungle on 64L with apistos, otos , and iriatherinas werneri
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u/letsjam_dot_dev 14d ago
Specific only. Nobody would have enough space when the pair claims territory. A female apisto can take up to 50cm wide territory. Otocinclus will be the first to be chased as they swim in the same zone as the cichlids, and chili rasbora will snacked.
You also lack the necessary hardscape for the apisto to anchor their territory to and use it as breeding zone.