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Antipofish
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I am a bit concerned about my male Apistogramma Cacatuiodes. For the past couple of days he has been 'lurking' at the top of the tank, out of the way of the other fish. Tank details are as follows...
Medium planted 80x45x55 (175L) tank.
Lighting and CO2 same as normal (DC gets nowhere near lime green and all other fish not in any distress).
CO2 on 2 hours before lights, which are 2x24w T5 on for 7 hours, CO2 off 1 hour prior to lights out.
Have done ammonia, nitrite tests at 6 hourly intervals over last 24 hours and no indication of these, or of chlorine (as far as test kits can identify). Used PRIME dechlor at last water change.
Only changes are that the last water change was quite an invasive one as per Ceg's suggestion o rid the tank of a lot of plant detritus (which worked well), 10 stems of Hygrophila were removed and the redmoor root wood which formed a cave has been turned through 90degrees to prevent detritus collecting under it.
The female apisto seems fine, and I cannot see that she is guarding fry at all. The other fish (1 otto, 2 flying fox, 3 dwarf neon rainbows and 7 rummynose tetras) are all fine.
He does venture to eat at feeding time. His fins are not clamped.
Any suggestions or ideas would be welcome, thanks. I am going to replace the redmoor wood the way it was so the cave is back in place, and see if that cheers him up a bit.
Medium planted 80x45x55 (175L) tank.
Lighting and CO2 same as normal (DC gets nowhere near lime green and all other fish not in any distress).
CO2 on 2 hours before lights, which are 2x24w T5 on for 7 hours, CO2 off 1 hour prior to lights out.
Have done ammonia, nitrite tests at 6 hourly intervals over last 24 hours and no indication of these, or of chlorine (as far as test kits can identify). Used PRIME dechlor at last water change.
Only changes are that the last water change was quite an invasive one as per Ceg's suggestion o rid the tank of a lot of plant detritus (which worked well), 10 stems of Hygrophila were removed and the redmoor root wood which formed a cave has been turned through 90degrees to prevent detritus collecting under it.
The female apisto seems fine, and I cannot see that she is guarding fry at all. The other fish (1 otto, 2 flying fox, 3 dwarf neon rainbows and 7 rummynose tetras) are all fine.
He does venture to eat at feeding time. His fins are not clamped.
Any suggestions or ideas would be welcome, thanks. I am going to replace the redmoor wood the way it was so the cave is back in place, and see if that cheers him up a bit.