Cool! Any advice getting them to surface feed? I've had my guy since early July and he's 6" at this point and still won't even come out of his cave to eat, I have to handfeed him every night!
) so I figured I'd do one. The now big guy is doing great in my 75G still and has a diet of 10-12 shrimp pellets a night. He's about 7" now and is pretty much gaining 1" per month like I was told he would. He should be in a new and bigger tank next year. If his growth slows down a lot at around 9-10" I may keep him in this tank for a while longer but inevitably he'll need a bigger tank sooner or later to reach my goal for him to get 14". As soon as I have my basement Fishroom done I'll be investing in a 240+ for him! my Gibbicpes pleco! and some other fish.
once I get bigger tanks that'll change though. Not much bigger than 10-12" you can keep to healthy in a 75G.
. Now instead of being a 5 piece rock structure he has a massive, luxurious, and spacey 9 piece complex that he resides in and seems quite happy in it. He has a main area about twice the size of his original cave, 3 PVC pipes that are used as halls to connect the different structure parts, and a small hole in the top of a corner of the top slab that he can use as a window to peek out into the tank. This thing is going to be a pain in the *** when it comes to water changes but he really likes (and needs) the extra space.
