Setting Up the APISTOGRAMMA TANK

Setting Up the APISTOGRAMMA TANK | APISTO Profile

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10 ай бұрын

Want to see how I set up my apistogramma tank, MISTAKES and all? My apisto cichlid arrived while I was setting up their tropical South American cichlid tank, so I had to hurry! And a few things didn’t go as planned. Watch as I get everything done to the best of my ability, and maybe you’ll like what you see. Or even better - maybe you’ll learn something. I did! Be sure to leave a comment with any experience you have with apistos, or any questions you might have. Thanks for watching!
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@goxyz123 10 ай бұрын

Great looking tank! It turned out really nice. I really enjoy your videos. Your mistakes and mess ups make me laugh. More aquarium KZfaqrs should show their "fails" because you know we all have them! :)

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I think I probably make mistakes a bit more than average 😂

@MDFishTanks 10 ай бұрын

thanks for the shout out 👍👍

@MDFishTanks 10 ай бұрын

and your tanks are amazing my friend.

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, and it was my pleasure to tell everyone how wonderful you are. The beauty of your tanks is intoxicating, and you make it look so easy! A few of my plants are already in plant heaven 😥. I even did the root tab powder (not in the video though). Looking forward to more of your videos, my friend!

@michaelspurlock623 7 ай бұрын

Looks amazing.....I would love to set up an apisto tank....this video may have been the final push I need....

@stevenshute827 9 ай бұрын

I love this video dude, this is EXACTLY how my scape builds go! Every disaster that can happen will happen. Thanks for keeping it real. 😊

@CichlidCharmer 9 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh. Once while making a video I was changing the water with a pump. I hook the other end of those up to the tote in the bath tub. I turned the pump on and water started flushing all over my floor because I forgot to hook the other end up that time. 😅😅😅🤪. Thanks the the nice comment!!

@stevenshute827 9 ай бұрын

@CichlidCharmer my pleasure. It was a great video. And yep, spilled water everywhere as well. Especially in my first foray into canister filters.

@Water_down_the_stream Ай бұрын

Thanks for the video, I originally was going to get Bolivian rams for my 55 gallon but decided to have a pair of of cockatoo cichlids and I needed help with incorporating their liking and their tank mates liking and this video really helped.

@CichlidCharmer Ай бұрын

Thank you so much - glad you found it useful!

@silox250 Ай бұрын

I can see some MDFishTanks influence in the products you used ;) Sick tank mate, you have a new subscriber

@CichlidCharmer Ай бұрын

He is awesome! Thank you!

@2roddmann2 9 ай бұрын

FYI- add t.p. wad (small) between wood/wood, rock/wood connections when using super glue(liquid glue). Some fumes may rise from glue paper mix - toxic, so do in a well ventilated area. Good solid connections with this method. Good luck on your shaping journey.😊

@CichlidCharmer 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! I actually just tried this with my 180 gallon scape. Video should be released Saturday

@vastedad 19 күн бұрын

I really, really enjoyed this video…remember (probably not, LOL), I inquired about your EBAs and also stating I was seriously considering dwarf cichlids? Well, this piece made my day as those Apistos were a treat to watch! Are those tetras South American, btw? Have a fine week, sir!

@CichlidCharmer 19 күн бұрын

I DO remember, yeah 🤩 Those are Columbians. I got rid of them though because I thought they were stressing out the apistos. Thank you!

@FishEddd 5 ай бұрын

Love this setup! Great to see you showing us the mistakes as well. So many people hide all these issues as they go. About to do my own Apisto setup so this was useful to see

@CichlidCharmer 5 ай бұрын

Thanks and good luck with your setup!

@tree.65 28 күн бұрын

Great set up! I enjoyed watching this a apistogramma cactuoides tank come together. I went to a fish swap today, looking for something the inhabit my 40b planted aquarium and came home with a tripple red. I didn't get a pair but now I want to find a female after watching this.

@CichlidCharmer 28 күн бұрын

Thank you! My apistos didn’t fair very well. Not sure why. Glad you’re having fun with yours though. You’ll love the fry if you get a female.

@makiarn777 9 ай бұрын

You’re my new love. Just subscribed after looking at this video. Love apistogrammas. I have two orange flash but they are a little sketchy. I wish you had shared where you got yours. I’d like to follow suit. Your scape came out beautifully. I’m not good at scaping either. And yes I’ve had the same misfortune of the python tube disengaging during use. Not fun. 😂 Looking forward to future content.

@CichlidCharmer 9 ай бұрын

Well thank you! 🥰. I bought my apistos from Red Fish Blue Fish. I thought I included that, but guess not 🤔 Thank you for the kind words and for subbing!

@Gilsfishroom 10 ай бұрын

Enjoyed the video mate, and what great timing! I am about to start on a blackwater apisto tank. That light may be a little bright for the Java and Anubias perhaps? Good to see you are making some South American cichlid videos.

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

Thank you - what a coincidence! It could very well be too bright. It’s only at about 1/10th power. The video is exposed for the light

@KawaiiFishKeepers 9 ай бұрын

Nice! We’re thinking of getting apistos soon!

@CichlidCharmer 9 ай бұрын

Enjoy them. Lots to choose from!

@cichlidman5598 10 ай бұрын

Different from the African cichlids but love the video and setup, can't wait to see the next one 😁

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

Thanks, cichlidman!

@thomascrohan7810 9 ай бұрын

Really cool set up! Always wanted to try apistos! I hope your finger is ok, I remember breaking mine fondly when I was a little kid, what fun!

@CichlidCharmer 9 ай бұрын

Thank you! It’s a little in disarray right now. They had babies and then the male died. I have some cute fry though. The finger was a sliced tendon. Never be the same, but it works. Mostly 🤪

@thomascrohan7810 9 ай бұрын

So sorry to hear about the male, he lives on through the fry! Any idea what caused his untimely departure? Ouch! Were you cooking when this happened?@@CichlidCharmer

@CichlidCharmer 9 ай бұрын

@@thomascrohan7810 The first one might have been stress. Second one I think the female kicked his ass.

@Mcgee18 10 ай бұрын

Nice tank!

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@jtaka1453 4 ай бұрын

Nice. Looking forward to see some breeding. Also, yeah that light is over kill for a low tech tank. But, now you have it when you set up a your high tech tank ; )

@CichlidCharmer 4 ай бұрын

Thanks! Yeah I knew it was overkill, but I really wanted it. I’ll use it on - not my high tech tank haha - but my new American cichlids tank.

@jtaka1453 4 ай бұрын

@@CichlidCharmer Looking forward to it!

@Jake-ur2wf 10 ай бұрын

Great video, really felt that driftwood issue this past week haha. Tried to weigh down a 50 pound piece of driftwood and finally got it to work haha

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

So on a bit of a different scale then 😮. I hope your tank turned out great! Thanks for watching, Jake.

@Parkbenchaquatics 10 ай бұрын

Awesomeness

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@dascudder 10 ай бұрын

Looks pretty cool bud. Nice and clear. I used to follow MD pre me having Malawis. Annoyed me because his fingers are way greener than mine (I struggled so bad with plants). He is a genius though and smashing bloke

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

He certainly is. I already had to take out a dead plant 😢. It wasn’t doing well when it arrived though, so hopefully the others make it. Thanks for watching, Paul.

@pollylewis9611 10 ай бұрын

I absolutely love your new tank, it really looks stunning, love the plants as you know I kill them faster than I can stick them into the tank! How about "Apisto Pete" for your new handsome dude, thank you so much for another awesome Video, oh yes, we all have had that tube end up on the floor, the memories, Polly!

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, Polly. I've already thrown two plants in the trash. One was a little unhealthy when I planted him though. We'll see! And that's not the first time the hose has wound up pumping water on the floor in my house either!

@pollylewis9611 10 ай бұрын

I really like your plants they add a lot to the tank, hoping they live healthy for you! Don't let me touch them nope they'd be goners!@@CichlidCharmer

@Hulltiger_Aquatics 8 ай бұрын

Similar to how I just set up my new tank for my apistogramma macmasteri 👍 looking good, mistake I made was using pebbles that buffered the hardness/PH of the tank so had to rescape it with lava rock 😂

@myplantedfishtank 5 ай бұрын

The fish look amazing! loverly tank. My tip for you: the mistake is not the super glue it self. you need to add a little sigaret filter/ filter mesh.

@CichlidCharmer 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! I also tried using cotton pads, but it didn’t help at all.

@trungductlu 8 ай бұрын

I think that Apistogramma prefer sandy substrates to rocks because they have a habit of filtering sand through their gills to clean their gills and search for food. great tank btw!

@CichlidCharmer 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@chandangowda8275 10 ай бұрын

Really I love your videos and want to have cichlid tank from last year but I don't have much space in home so planning to have 20 gallon tank with apisto (I love them) and saving money from last 4 months This week I planned to buy but last week my mom got sick and I spent all saved money on her treatment and felt bad that I have to wait for tank more time But your video made me smile thanks man

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

So sorry to hear about your mom 🥺. I hope she gets well soon - and that you get your tank up soon too! Thank you for watching and commenting! I couldn’t find my male Apisto last night so I thought he might have died. This morning I found him though! 😅

@chandangowda8275 10 ай бұрын

@@CichlidCharmer thank you so much hope I get to see one more video of him And yeah he's full of character i seen in other videos plays hide ans seek hope you enjoy

@chandangowda8275 10 ай бұрын

You know how to identify males and females in apisto babies?

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

@@chandangowda8275 no, but mine just had babies a few days ago! I think you would just vent them when they are large enough, if they don’t show that they are obviously males already

@DiggingRob 10 ай бұрын

At the end the setup looks very nice very natural looking…….I also own The Tidal HOB filter, after about a month and a half the filter will get noisy, need to clean The Impeller & Shaft it will then be back quiet again……Thanks for sharing

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! That is good to know about the filter. I’ll keep an ear out.

@SquatchsCichlids 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful tank - love apistos! Looks like an Apisto Pete to me 😂

@pollylewis9611 10 ай бұрын

Funny I just put that down also haha great minds think alike!

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

@@pollylewis9611 Hilarious! That's incredible! Oh, hello Polly 🤩

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

Thank you -- good name, Ryan!

@4417t 10 ай бұрын

Love it. Maybe you could name him "blaze" given the fiery look... nice work all around!

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

Thank you and that’s a good name!

@chrisa9999 5 ай бұрын

Fish & Klipsch! Me too

@CichlidCharmer 5 ай бұрын

Now THAT’S hilarious 😂😂

@musiconvinylisbetter.1449 2 ай бұрын

Why didn't you put the bags at the bottom of the tank? The light is overkill for those plants. Do you run it at 30-40%? Chihiros wrgb 2 slim is enough for those plants. 90x40x40cm=96 litres. Nice tank.

@JellyAnimated 10 ай бұрын

Amazing Land scaping! And have any advice on how to take care of Fish Eggs?

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! I don’t have any experience with fish eggs, unfortunately

@Royjah-sp9rm 3 ай бұрын

I've had my hose popped off twice when fillig my tanks. On my wood floors. Was on my hand and knees getting up water.

@CichlidCharmer 3 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh. What a nightmare. I yelled for help because my wife was close to some towels. I should have had a pile next to me in case.

@mikech60 10 ай бұрын

Great tank! How you plan to keep the plants green? As the waste from those fishes might not be enough to feed the plants. I have most of my plants melted out in my 10G tank, fishes are fine, I have to add fertilizer to keep the few leftover plants alive.

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! If they survive at all, it will be because I use root tabs and liquid fertilizer. I don’t have a good track record with plants though, so we shall see!

@rtsabado 10 ай бұрын

Hi there where did u get the background and where to buy it thank u

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

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@sevastipternitis5814 6 ай бұрын

Great job, but you need to use the aquarium glue made for Aquarius only.

@CichlidCharmer 6 ай бұрын

Thank you

@daniellaw8999 6 ай бұрын

Not true, any cyanoacrylate liquid super glue is fine.

@musiconvinylisbetter.1449 2 ай бұрын

No you don't.

@jeffnekuza3679 5 ай бұрын

Did you glue the plants directly to the rocks and drifwood?

@CichlidCharmer 5 ай бұрын

Yes,but I think it could have gone much better.

@jeffnekuza3679 5 ай бұрын

@@CichlidCharmer I thought it was brilliant!

@CichlidCharmer 5 ай бұрын

@@jeffnekuza3679 well thank you, but the glue didn’t hold very well. You should check out md tanks. He’s so good at this!

@nandhubt90 10 ай бұрын

I tried keeping a planted tank aquarium. But it didn't work out for me because of the high temperature in my place ( BTW, I live in Southern India) and Chillers are super expensive for my budget. Eventually, I gave up. By the way, I set up an 80-gallon peacock tank a month back inspired by you and Cichlid Bros.

@CichlidCharmer 10 ай бұрын

Sorry it didn’t work out for you. It might not for me either. If it doesn’t I will have to go driftwood hunting again to keep lots of hiding places in there. I would love to see your tank! Could you send a photo to CichlidCharmer@gmail.com?

@chandangowda8275 9 ай бұрын

Do you add salt to apistogramma tank?

@CichlidCharmer 9 ай бұрын

No, I did not.