Chemistry and Technical Data
  • 4ft freshwater tank
  • pH 6.8-7.0
  • KH 3-5
  • Temperature 25-27°C - with AC fan on 24hrs
  • 4xFL 3ft 30W lights - 7am-10am and 6pm-12pm
  • pressurised CO2 with internal reactor - timing same as lighting
  • 2x external canister - "matrix" brand 9x9x10ins 2 trays - no other specs available
Ground and Plants
Gravel with substrate - I do not know what type as this was setup many years back.
Plants
  • 3 swords
  • 3 mini nana
  • 1 lotus
  • xmas moss
  • E. tenellus
  • hair grass for floor
  • 1 driftwood w/Riccia
  • some other which I do not know the name
All with root monster and weekly doses of potassium, magnesium and Fe.
Diy caves - pipes and pots, tree bark and Xmas Moss as background.
Fish and More
  • 20 Cardinals
  • 8 Cory
  • 6 Ottos
  • 2 SAE
  • 20 Cherry Shrimps
  • 10 Scarlet Badis
  • 2 Lambeyes
  • 1 apisto tri
Feeding
Morning and evening - flakes, frozen blood worms and bbs (no particular order - flakes mostly with blood worms and bbs occassionally).
Watercare
Daily top up with nutrifin aquaplus, weekly top up with nutrifin aquaplus and easylife. Water changes - when I'm not lazy
And Apistogramma trifasciata?
Have enough hiding places such as caves, feed well and they are likely to spawn, female will guard the eggs until hatch. After hatching - I don't know, still in the learning stage