I'm not even sure if this is the right forum to be posting in...but here goes.
I recently bought three Albino Poyptheri and put them in a 10 gallon with five glowlite tetras and a turbo snail.
Now...before y'all tell me the tank's too small...I am awaiting the arrival of my 60 gallon tank for them to go into. Even THAT is likely too small (eventually) but I will cross that bridge when it begins to loom.
It goes without saying that the tetras lasted all of an hour. The snail lasted a couple more days, and I honestly thought they'd leave him be...but alas, they got him as well. Shell and all.
I don't have a problem with that...except now I am wondering what kinds of things I can put with them to keep the tank clean.
So...question number one...other than buying a LARGE pl*co (the big ones aren't the greatest algae eaters, I've heard) or a UV Sterilizer...what are my options?
In my 75 gallon, I am having issues of my Black Shark claiming territory, and pretty much hogging the food. He hasn't hurt any of the other fish yet...mostly just chases them around...but I fear it's only a matter of time as he gets bigger. He is definitely the fastest growing specimen in my tank. So, this leads me to question number two...
Would the Black Shark do well with my Albinos? He's big enough that they likely wouldn't go after him as food...but I'm wondering if they'd gang up on him.
In my 75 gallon I also have an Irridescent Shark (only about 4 inches at the moment) that I really, really like. In fact, he's my favourite. I know he can handle himself with the Black Shark...so I'd like to put him in with the Albinos as well. Question number three...other than a constrainment issue as they grow into the 60g (I'd likely eventually swap the 75g and 60g stock at the very least) would he be okay in with the Albinos?
I think that's it...oh, no...one more question. How often should I be giving my carnivores feeder fish? How much at a time? And should I be giving them other things to vary their diet?
Right now my main tank gets algae wafers, sinking shrimp pellets and a high quality flake food...I give them frozen blood worms once a week, and frozen brine shrimp once a week. My Albinos get the pellets usually, with the frozen stuff on the same schedule as the main tank. I just picked up some Hikari Carnivore Disks...I'm going to see how they like those. (Hope so for the price they were! lol)
Sorry for the lengthy post.
I recently bought three Albino Poyptheri and put them in a 10 gallon with five glowlite tetras and a turbo snail.
Now...before y'all tell me the tank's too small...I am awaiting the arrival of my 60 gallon tank for them to go into. Even THAT is likely too small (eventually) but I will cross that bridge when it begins to loom.
It goes without saying that the tetras lasted all of an hour. The snail lasted a couple more days, and I honestly thought they'd leave him be...but alas, they got him as well. Shell and all.
I don't have a problem with that...except now I am wondering what kinds of things I can put with them to keep the tank clean.
So...question number one...other than buying a LARGE pl*co (the big ones aren't the greatest algae eaters, I've heard) or a UV Sterilizer...what are my options?
In my 75 gallon, I am having issues of my Black Shark claiming territory, and pretty much hogging the food. He hasn't hurt any of the other fish yet...mostly just chases them around...but I fear it's only a matter of time as he gets bigger. He is definitely the fastest growing specimen in my tank. So, this leads me to question number two...
Would the Black Shark do well with my Albinos? He's big enough that they likely wouldn't go after him as food...but I'm wondering if they'd gang up on him.
In my 75 gallon I also have an Irridescent Shark (only about 4 inches at the moment) that I really, really like. In fact, he's my favourite. I know he can handle himself with the Black Shark...so I'd like to put him in with the Albinos as well. Question number three...other than a constrainment issue as they grow into the 60g (I'd likely eventually swap the 75g and 60g stock at the very least) would he be okay in with the Albinos?
I think that's it...oh, no...one more question. How often should I be giving my carnivores feeder fish? How much at a time? And should I be giving them other things to vary their diet?
Right now my main tank gets algae wafers, sinking shrimp pellets and a high quality flake food...I give them frozen blood worms once a week, and frozen brine shrimp once a week. My Albinos get the pellets usually, with the frozen stuff on the same schedule as the main tank. I just picked up some Hikari Carnivore Disks...I'm going to see how they like those. (Hope so for the price they were! lol)
Sorry for the lengthy post.