Apistogramma ID

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I was hoping some one would be able to tell me what type of apistos I have here. Thanks.

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Those are apistogramma panduro
The blue one is a male and the first 2 are females
 
Okay great thanks.

Do you have some info on them? Are they fairly hardy fish? I know other apistos are. Also I have 1 male and 3 females. They are all about 1.5" and in my 10 gal while my 20 finishes its cycle. Do you think I can keep them all in the 20 with lots of caves? Or am I going to have to eventually sell 2 of the spare females after they pair off.

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Of course
An adult pair would be fine in a 10 gallon, even an adult trio. They like a low ph, my panduro tank has a ph 6.6 and a temperature of 80 degrees. Mine live with a breeding group of l144 plecos with no problem. The tank also has live plants and lots of hiding spots. I feed them cobalt aquatics marine spirulina flakes (yes, marine), zoo med brine shrimp flakes, and ocasionally live black worms. They are about as hardy as your regular cacatoides. If you do weekly or biweekly water changes on the tank and make sure not to over feed you should be fine. If you want them to breed put in some live plants and small caves. Flower pots work aswell. If you have RO water that will help condition them to spawn. I dont have an RO system so I use rainwater in my water changes for mine whenever I can.
 
festaedan said:
Of course
An adult pair would be fine in a 10 gallon, even an adult trio. They like a low ph, my panduro tank has a ph 6.6 and a temperature of 80 degrees. Mine live with a breeding group of l144 plecos with no problem. The tank also has live plants and lots of hiding spots. I feed them cobalt aquatics marine spirulina flakes (yes, marine), zoo med brine shrimp flakes, and ocasionally live black worms. They are about as hardy as your regular cacatoides. If you do weekly or biweekly water changes on the tank and make sure not to over feed you should be fine. If you want them to breed put in some live plants and small caves. Flower pots work aswell. If you have RO water that will help condition them to spawn. I dont have an RO system so I use rainwater in my water changes for mine whenever I can.
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Okay thanks a ton. My pH is a little bit higher. Like 6.8 is this okay?

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No problem
6.8 is fine, like I said, they are a pretty hardy species
 
Okay. For breeding do they require soft acidic water? My water isn't exactly soft. But its not really hard either. Its in between. I was wondering if the eggs have trouble hatching in harder water.

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