Apisto Set Up

[Sloory]

G'day,

My new apisto set up...

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/8981/3ft15707jj8.jpg

Can't wait to get them!!!

[wombat1100]

Looks great Dazz , is the short grass in the front Riccia? Thats thickened up heaps since your last photo.How will the neons be with the new arrivals?
Dazz

Sorry mate i just did a search on Riccia, its nothing like it!! what is it please
Dazz

[Sloory]

Looks great Dazz , is the short grass in the front Riccia? Thats thickened up heaps since your last photo.How will the neons be with the new arrivals?
Dazz

Sorry mate i just did a search on Riccia, its nothing like it!! what is it please
Dazz[/b]


Thanks mate, the grass is hair grass.

It is growing really quick! it has sent out heaps of runners!

[wombat1100]

does it make it hard to clean the tank ? obviously you cant use a gravel siphon.
Dazz

[Sloory]

Mate the beauty of a fully planted tank is that you don't need to syphon because you generally
don't have big fish in them so there isn't much waste plus my shrimp and snails clean up more thatn good enough :)
Also the plants help filter out the bad stuff (how professionally put :p ).

[sharkybubba]

Mate the beauty of a fully planted tank is that you don't need to syphon because you generally
don't have big fish in them so there isn't much waste plus my shrimp and snails clean up more thatn good enough :)
Also the plants help filter out the bad stuff (how professionally put :p ).[/b]

will you ever have to clean it out? surely its not completely self maintained?
looks really good by the way.... :wub: ...tad jealous ahahaha :unsure:

[Sloory]

I don't think so, everything seems to take its natural cycle.

Thanks for the complement :biggrin: .

[Sloory]

Heres some pics of the Apistograma Bitaeniata's.
Hopefully they'll colour up soon and get the freak on :p .

Alpha male...
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/1297/alphamale22707ed7.th.jpg (http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=alphamale22707ed7.jpg)

Beta male....
http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/4633/betamale22707fb2.th.jpg (http://img300.imageshack.us/my.php?image=betamale22707fb2.jpg)

A female...
http://img472.imageshack.us/img472/9042/smallfemale22707jk8.th.jpg (http://img472.imageshack.us/my.php?image=smallfemale22707jk8.jpg)

[Blonde Kid on Morphine]

Awesome Dazz I hope they settle soon for you and get to the business at hand! :biggrin:

[Sloory]

Thanks mate :biggrin: i just got better picks of the males.

Aphla and beta males feeding....
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/5248/malesfeeding24707bf4.th.jpg (http://img257.imageshack.us/my.php?image=malesfeeding24707bf4.jpg)

Aphla, he just needs to mature and get the purple and bigger dorsal.....
http://img257.imageshack.us/img257/5538/alphamale24707ro0.th.jpg (http://img257.imageshack.us/my.php?image=alphamale24707ro0.jpg)

[bert]

Very nice looking fish! Thats great they can go in a planted tank too!!

[Prowse]

Nice setup mate, well done! :biggrin:

Just wondering, is hair grass the same as dwarf grass. If so do you know where you can get some in the melbourne area? (few places i've been to dont have any and try to sell me java moss)

Cheers

Andrew Prowse

[wombat1100]

G,day Andrew, i got a huge punnet from baronia aquarim for $9 and its really healthy
Dazz

[Sloory]

I got mine from boronia,
its a nice big punnet you get there and the grass is nice and healthy. :)