Not much to take a picture of with the apistos. They have all been good parents for me so I leave the fry in the tanks with the parents. You do need to pull them when you see signs of the female getting ready to lay eggs again. I have about 20 orange flash with shortened tails because I didn't pull them out in time. The male also has a shortened tail. Female apistos can be extremely aggressive with eggs and fry. In some cases you will need to pull the male out of the tank or she will kill him. Just have to observe closely.
I have used both bare bottom and planted. In the bare bottom I put java moss in the tank and the smallest clay flower pot upside down with part of the rim cut away to create a cave. That's about it. I have most of them in planted tanks. I use a standard 15 gallon, sand substrate and planted just like the GBR's. I put in several flower pots for caves.
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