That's great. I always thought a varied diet is best anyway. It's just that mine for some reason didn't like to see new foods. So I ended up sticking with frozen/thawed whole fish.
Finally got myself a VATF
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Thank you.
Due to some recent turn of events, I have ended up with 2 more VATFs so I have 3 ATFs currently. The new guys are definitely VATFs but this guy looks more like a FATF... What do you guys think?
Pulled out my SLR and was able to get a close up pic of this guy 
. He hasn't eaten much in the last couple of days, I'm hoping that its just one of those "meh, I don't wanna eat today" days...
. He hasn't eaten much in the last couple of days, I'm hoping that its just one of those "meh, I don't wanna eat today" days...
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^ yeah... I don't think there is a way to get rid of that is there...? Btw Chicxulub, you still think this guy is a VATF? I've been thinking he is a FATF lately mainly because he is around 5.5" and I don't see red or yellow on his tail fin. I would love for him to be a FATF lol, I can house him in a 180 for life if he is haha
.With super clean water, it may go away on its own. If that doesn't work, it'll take surgery, which is generally frowned upon.
I still think it's probably a VATF, though I reserve the right to change my opinion when it gets a bit bigger. It looks washed out because of the bare white wall behind the tank, and I'll wager you have hiim over a light substrate, too. Black out the background and put a dark substrate under him and watch his colors pop.
I still think it's probably a VATF, though I reserve the right to change my opinion when it gets a bit bigger. It looks washed out because of the bare white wall behind the tank, and I'll wager you have hiim over a light substrate, too. Black out the background and put a dark substrate under him and watch his colors pop.
I doubt I can do super clean water because I can't seem to get the nitrates below 10ppm and as for surgery, I don't think Ill get that done haha. Either case I'm not too worried...
I mean, I play a lot of guitar and I have callus on my finger tips which makes my one hand's fingers look a little bigger than the other similarly, this guy has callus on is lip because he is constantly swimming against the glass lol!
As for the light background, its just the trim of the back wall the main tank is against (about 12" in width). This guy is in a growout in the stand of my main tank
. There is no substrate cause its bare bottom. Either case, F or V atf I'll be content with providing a good enough housing / care for this guy. Thank you buddy
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I was going to create another thread but I figured I'll keep all of my ATF related posts right here .
About three weeks ago, I had a mass NTT extinction which resulted in the deaths of 3 of my biggest NTTs (for no apparent reason 1 10", 1 8" and 1 7") which led me into a depression and I ended up selling my remaining NTTs and focusing on ATFs only.
TL;DR, I ended up with 2 more VATFs, 1 is the same size as the little guy you all have come to know and the other one is a solid 8". Redid the decor in my main tank to make it more ATF friendly and here is the outcome (the two little tanks at the bottom currently house the smaller ATFs). There will be some moving the fishes around in the next month or so because I want to level my main tank. I'm setting up a 135 and I plan on housing all the bigger fish in there temporarily, 1 of the smaller ATF in that tank's sump and another in its current tank but in a different location.
Here is the photo of the big guy:
Here is the photo of the other little guy, he's a little skinny cause he was on a strict feeder diet till I got him (now eats shrimp!):
My ATF friendly main tank, the powerhead on the left is now replaced by a bigger stronger one:
All of them in one pic:
But the sad thing is that I doubt I can house all of them together
because I don't have that big of a tank. So, if all goes well there will be a day when Ill have to decide which one I'll be selling ...
.About three weeks ago, I had a mass NTT extinction which resulted in the deaths of 3 of my biggest NTTs (for no apparent reason 1 10", 1 8" and 1 7") which led me into a depression and I ended up selling my remaining NTTs and focusing on ATFs only.
TL;DR, I ended up with 2 more VATFs, 1 is the same size as the little guy you all have come to know and the other one is a solid 8". Redid the decor in my main tank to make it more ATF friendly and here is the outcome (the two little tanks at the bottom currently house the smaller ATFs). There will be some moving the fishes around in the next month or so because I want to level my main tank. I'm setting up a 135 and I plan on housing all the bigger fish in there temporarily, 1 of the smaller ATF in that tank's sump and another in its current tank but in a different location.
Here is the photo of the big guy:
Here is the photo of the other little guy, he's a little skinny cause he was on a strict feeder diet till I got him (now eats shrimp!):
My ATF friendly main tank, the powerhead on the left is now replaced by a bigger stronger one:
All of them in one pic:
But the sad thing is that I doubt I can house all of them together
because I don't have that big of a tank. So, if all goes well there will be a day when Ill have to decide which one I'll be selling ...