Apistogramma Cichlid | Complete Care & Breeding Guide

[@CichlidBros]

Some great food choices for the apistogramma: - Xtreme Krill Flakes - geni.us/iTAWsN - Xtreme Nice Pellets - geni.us/6ADcc

[@pelhamsaquatics]

Apistogrammas are awesome! Tiny package solution for folks wanting cichlids that don’t require a large aquarium, great job sir!🙂👍🏻

[@matthernandez0518]

What a beautiful Apisto Troy. For a small cichlid he surprisingly stands out in the 150.

[@CichlidBros]

Thank you!!

[@makiarn777]

Just love this content! Just recently became the happy owner of three different pairs of apistogrammas. The super red cacatuoides, the orange flash and red neck macmasteri. I’m so excited. Not looking at breeding my pairs but you never know what will happen.

[@walteryoung6181]

Where did you get your apistos, online or local fish store?

[@Styleb4all]

I might be getting these next. How is it going?

[@PhoebeMercieca]

Hey youre very educated on the topic ofc - but wanted to touch on the pH, if you were not aware you can use vinegar to bring the pH down, test by adding the vinegar in drop by drop in a “test tank” tub of water or something. Ive been using this method and it really does work and is much safer than using products such as “pH up/down”

[@amymandeville8342]

I just love my Apistos! So much color and personality in a small package.

[@johntull7565]

Beautiful tank. What is the yellow fish at 5:40.

[@CichlidBros]

This guy: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnaYkJenltBoobM

[@tjautocross]

What a gorgeous apisto!!! Thanks Troy.

[@krzysztofkopaczewski4319]

One of the most beautiful fish ever💪

[@CichlidBros]

Thank you! Agreed!

[@juliaheinritz3264]

Another informative, interesting video. Such a striking little fish:)

[@CichlidBros]

Thank you, Julia!

[@colewaltz1939]

I gotta get my camera game on like u.. such amazing quality content

[@jeremyusry1916]

What a beautiful setup!!!!!

[@CichlidBros]

Thanks!

[@andreacasoli3371]

I was about to get an Apistogramma trio, and this video comes out, nice timing for sure

[@CichlidBros]

Awesome, glad its helpful!

[@andreacasoli3371]

@@CichlidBros I precisely bought a couple of macmasteri, very beautiful

[@CichlidBros]

@@andreacasoli3371 amazing. Best of luck!

[@andreacasoli3371]

@@CichlidBros Yeah they are beautiful, hope to have more luck than with the Rams

[@formercityboy9772]

great timing !! going to pick up a pair or a trio of apistos this saturday. thank you for the video.

[@CichlidBros]

Great! Best of luck with the new fish 🤙🏼

[@tmdroopy]

thanks brother! liked and subd!!

[@CichlidBros]

Thanks for the support!

[@MrDann0]

Very good video 👍

[@CichlidBros]

Thank you!

[@sammyboy96]

Great video! Would a planted 17 gallon long be good for a single male?

[@CichlidBros]

Yep definitely

[@AL_EVOz]

Awesome video bro! Thanks for the info. Im trying to breed the apistogramma fire reds right now. =)

[@CichlidBros]

Good luck!

[@mikejejenich7116]

Good timing. I bought a 32 gallon. Fluval flex. Gonna stock it with apistos. 🐠 👋

[@CichlidBros]

Awesome plan!

[@godlikeike]

Love this fish, by the way whats the other fish at 1:29?

[@CichlidBros]

X Ray tetra

[@godlikeike]

thank you!@@CichlidBros

[@gedprobert9814]

is it possible to have 2 pairs of Apistogramma in the same community tank please

[@terrygorsch386]

Beautiful tank's guys 🐠😜

[@CichlidBros]

Thank you!

[@GodwardPodcast]

What kind of sand do you use for substrate?

[@CichlidBros]

Crystal river sand from Carib sea

[@MrLoaded21]

Love this apisto! What brand of sand or type of sand do you have in the tank?

[@CichlidBros]

Thanks! It's crystal river sand from carib sea

[@Catalion100]

apistogramma can be keep alone?

[@levivankreuningen8952]

Can I keep a single male in a 15 gallon? Its for a community tank

[@CichlidBros]

Yep 👍🏻

[@jericocarreon5008]

Just a beginner and I wanna try the apistos as my center piece how many fish I can stock on a 20 gallon long aquarium? Thank you

[@craighodgson4060]

Just a breeding pair when they have fry the pair will escort them around the tank without getting stressed. To pairs might fight and eat the fry, at £50 a pair it's worth it 🤑

[@ofeliateodor3122]

What kind of sand is that, you have in the tank?

[@CichlidBros]

Crystal river sand from Carib sea

[@ofeliateodor3122]

But isn't it for salted water?

[@andrescott2794]

What is the size tank can you keep Apistogramma in and what is the PH and the tramp

[@CichlidBros]

It's in the video ... tank size 10 gallon minimum but 20g+ would be ideal

[@allenbruner4609]

My water measures 7.4ph. Is this too high for apistos?

[@CichlidBros]

Should be fine

[@ims_poultry_farm]

Nice 🤩🤩

[@CichlidBros]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@walteryoung6181]

Do you have an online retailer where I can find a macmasteri?

[@CichlidBros]

Sometimes they’re hard to fine, but imperial tropicals, Aquatic Arts, and the Wet Spot sometimes have them

[@walteryoung6181]

@@CichlidBros thank you

[@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030]

apistogramma are so cool

[@CichlidBros]

Agreed!

[@bayou504ctcL9]

Beautiful cichlids 🥃🥃🥃🥃🥃

[@CichlidBros]

Thanks!

[@andrewderksen3342]

I see you have an electric blue acara in there 👍:)

[@CichlidBros]

Yep, sometimes they work well together!

[@sherryblack7282]

How many could I have in a 50? It will be a single species tank. Thanks

[@CichlidBros]

Could do a big group in that setting. I’d recommend 6-9

[@sherryblack7282]

@@CichlidBros thank you very much

[@sherryblack7282]

@@CichlidBros can you do more than one type of apistogramma in a tank?

[@CichlidBros]

@@sherryblack7282 yes

[@robertsmith8795]

Females in breeding dress can be absolutely stunning as well 👌

[@Mifiboi]

Yes my little cacatouides female looks like a stunning little lemon😂

[@sharlotteadams3367]

We just found Apisto trifasciata fry this morning in the fish room, super tiny little dudes.

[@CichlidBros]

Awesome! Love it

[@reidprichard]

Nice video! Might want to back away from the mic or add a compressor to your audio chain to reduce the clipping.

[@bentleyjackson3518]

Can you put them in a 10 gallon tank

[@CichlidBros]

I would recommend a 20 gallon or larger long term

[@Happypizza1134]

ive never had an appisto eat anything but frozen foods. everyone ive ever had spits out anything flake etc

[@CichlidBros]

Never had that issue personally

[@CichlidCharmer]

I just received my first trio of apistos and mine are doing the same thing. I don’t want to feed them frozen foods every day, so I’ll be trying some other things, like soaking the nano pellets in garlic. Maybe that will work.

[@svendl7358]

Hi, I really liked the video and learned a lot! I really want to make a apistogramma my centerpiece fish. But what I still don't know is if he can co-exist with shrimp in the tank? I would appreciate the info on your experience with that! Thank you and again, nice video!

[@CichlidBros]

Likely will do okay with amano shrimp, but it’s hit or miss. Other shrimp are probably not going to work out long term. Thanks for watching!

[@assassin3003]

I think this is the viejita type apistogramma

[@CichlidBros]

Close but not

[@brandonlasvegas]

😎 🐟

[@PsychCow]

So, this video is a tough sell for me because you've lumped all Apistos together... and thats just not how this works... Example: Apistograma trifasciata will not produce viable offspring in hard water. Apistograma cacatuoides will. Ya'll are welcome to try, but these fish have been in the hobby for 25+ years and it still hasn't happened. You can keep a tri in hard water and its not going to die, but if you came to this video for in depth breeding information, you have been set up for failure by having all of these different species lumped together. As far as how I keep mine I have 2 pairs of double reds, each pair has their own species only 10 gal rectangle and I see no stress behavior like you saw when his fish was in its 10 gal. That 10 gal cube with few caves definitely looked rough, buuuuuuut I know a shop owner who got offspring from double reds in what was basically a glorified dish that couldn't have been larger than 4 gallons, its worth mentioning the male was far far far from full grown. However, pt 2, one of the members of my fish club keeps 3 fully grown males in a 7 gallon fish bowl that he does water changes on regularly and the bowl is in a very sheltered spot with little foot traffic. I'd argue good hiding places for the fish and water quality is more important than volume, but I personally wouldn't go below a 10 gal. I'm just here to say what has been done and how the fish reacted.

[@CichlidBros]

Those are fair points. If we went in depth on each type it would’ve been far too long of a video. I would still argue not to chase hardness/ph levels regardless of the apisto. Consistent, quality parameters are more important and you’d be surprised how many South Americans will thrive/breed in those conditions are met. For full grown adults, I’d still recommend larger than a 10 gallon even if it’s a perfect scape. Once mine reached adult size, it needed a 20g at minimum in my opinion and that’s without tank mates