Overstocking/territory problems?

You are pushing it but you should be OK.

What are apistogrammas?? I am bad with the proper names! I think its pushing it a little, but it also depends on if you have a good filter, you could always go with one bigger than you need, at least I have been given that idea! Good tank maintenance would also be absolutely necessary! Can you get a little bit of a bigger tank? or are you trying to add fish to one you already have! I always say the bigger the better!!!

The Apistogrammas, a genus of Dwarf Cichlids, are only found in South America, in slightly acid water. Vegetation is mostly floating plants or plants with floating leaves, and where there are clumps of roots along the banks which provide numerous shaded hiding places. Their attractive lifestyle and reproductive behavior, which is usually accompanied by a touching degree of parental care, resembles that of larger cichlids, but they usually lack the uncertain temperament like their larger relatives. They can easily be kept in community tanks, because they are very tolerant, especially outside the spawning season.

Apistogramma species establish small territories in the wild, along with the shores of lakes and slow moving waters. They have hiding places where they mate among stones, bogwood or in caves. Their food consists mainly of aquatic insects and larvae.

For more informasjon about each and individual Apistogramma specie, I suggest you go to the Species section above. For info how to breed Apistogrammas go to the Breeding section.

Nice cacuatodides pic. How do you heat the cherry barb bowl? I have a peacock gudgeon fry in a 11/2 gal that I heat with a lizard/ snake type hotrock. The base of the jar is the hotrock encased in styrofoam for support and insulation the setup heats the jar to 76 range at a room temp of low sixties.

Those Apistogrammas are beautiful fish. I live in a city where the largest pet stores are big al's aquarium services, superpet and petsmart. Unfortunately I've never seen any of these stores stock them. Any suggestions?

I love those mini setups mostly because I can house single fry. Waiting on my platys as I got them just for the sake of having fry.