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Old June 8th, 2008  
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Tank Stocking questions.

I now a 29 gallon established tank. Tank is full of holes/caves/cover. I currently have 2 Apistogramma cacatuoide Triple Reds(1 male 1 female). I plan for 1 more female. I also plan for about 3 GBRs.

Would a small school of rummy nose tetras go ok with these guys. (6-8)

ph 7.0
GH 5
KH 4-5
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Old June 14th, 2008  
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Hi

2 trios of Dwarf chichlids would be a bad idea in a 29gal. Stick to only the Apistos, and leave out the rams if you want live fish! Since they are highly territorial, it is a bad idea to try maintain 2 harems in a relatively small tank like that. 8 Rummy noses and a trio of A.cacatoides would take up about 26" of space. I think I would just up the Rummy nose school to 10 - the more the merrier with tetras! (Also the more the more magnificent!)
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Old June 14th, 2008  
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I have also found that my apistos were much more aggressive to the D.Cichlids. I had to separate mine at one point. Also noted that apisto's can be aggressive little guys especially the steel blue apistogramma. The apisto's like to hang around the bottom of the tank, so the rummy nose tetras who like to swim at the middle and top would not bother them. I also would not advice getting another pair of apisto's for that size tank.
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