Keeping small cubans

What are you keeping them in? Did you cycle the aquarium beforehand? What is the pH, nitrate, etc.? What substrate are you using, if any? What do you have for filtration?

Cuban gars are the most fragile gars, so stability is key to keeping them alive. They also need to have food available at all times at such a small size.

When I've raised out cubans I had them in a 20L. Temp around 80F. Argonite substrate on the bottom. Daily partial water changes, with feeders constantly in the tank. Usually would toss in 100 rosies, then wait till that number got low before ading more.

pharmaecopia said:

When I've raised out cubans I had them in a 20L. Temp around 80F. Argonite substrate on the bottom. Daily partial water changes, with feeders constantly in the tank. Usually would toss in 100 rosies, then wait till that number got low before ading more.

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for reasons i don't fully understand yet, and we have made plenty of educated guesses in the past which are probably on track, that aragonite substrate is definitely key with raising YOY Cuban gars. when i had some moderate mortality with the groups we were bringing in, the aragonite substrate addition "magically" fixed all the problems. it comes down to stability and pH, but either way, it can't hurt to try, especially if you are losing a lot of very expensive fish.--
--solomon

i put 20lbs in my 40breeder for my cubans. i have 20lbs of cruched coral in my 180gals sump for my cuban now. you should see what it takes to get the ph right and stable. i would start with 20-30 lbs of sand then go from there.


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cheon said:

i will give it a shot how much should i put in a 75 gal?


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sbuse said:

i put 20lbs in my 40breeder for my cubans. i have 20lbs of cruched coral in my 180gals sump for my cuban now. you should see what it takes to get the ph right and stable. i would start with 20-30 lbs of sand then go from there.


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i agree, start with 20-30 pounds and leave it at that for at least a week or so and see if anything stabilizes in terms of survival. if you can get the "African cichlid sand" that is aragonite sand that is black and white, that's the kind i always use and has worked well for me for many years.

LINK:
http://www.amazon.com/Carib-Sea-Ecc...an/dp/B0002DH0X0/ref=pd_sim_sbs_petsupplies_1

good luck, keep us posted!--
--solomon

pics?