Good catch!.....and the newly bought fish should start eating in a few days after they settle and calm down a bit.You could try a good quality flake food,small sinking pellets and even live brine shrimp and bloodworms.
VERY IMPORTANT Iridiscent Shark Please help!
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here is a video of my setup!
Oops video didn’t upload I’m just worried they won’t find any of their food as they are very small in a very large open area
I purposefully put no decorations and objects and made it open so they don’t hurt themselves etc and I have less to clean in the future
Will expand to a 300 gallon depending on their sizes in perhaps a year or so!
Oops video didn’t upload I’m just worried they won’t find any of their food as they are very small in a very large open area
I purposefully put no decorations and objects and made it open so they don’t hurt themselves etc and I have less to clean in the future
Will expand to a 300 gallon depending on their sizes in perhaps a year or so!
Agree with Krich, except I'd add any non-live (frozen or freeze-dried) bloodworms or brine shrimp, etc. to the list.
They are animals. They know how to forage for feed. If they are not doing it yet, they have no appetite either because they are still adjusting to the new tank and water or they are under some other stress. They should start feeding in the first week if all is good. 1" indeed is tiny, I'd be worried about them not feeding too.
Perhaps they improved or changed the way they make canister filters now but when I used to use them, there should have been a minimum of a drop in the water level between the tank and the canister. IDK how well yours will be functioning standing on the same level and your stock pond.
They are animals. They know how to forage for feed. If they are not doing it yet, they have no appetite either because they are still adjusting to the new tank and water or they are under some other stress. They should start feeding in the first week if all is good. 1" indeed is tiny, I'd be worried about them not feeding too.
Perhaps they improved or changed the way they make canister filters now but when I used to use them, there should have been a minimum of a drop in the water level between the tank and the canister. IDK how well yours will be functioning standing on the same level and your stock pond.
Fish aren't stunted by being in a small tank, they will grow to the size their genes instruct them to.
In the first and crudest approximation, this might be correct but there is a ton of details that may effect or not effect the stunting. For more info, see this collection of links I put together here, post #7 down the page: https://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=36395
