Green terror not getting color
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Don't know your filtration setup, what or how much you feed, or sizes or numbers on all those fish, all of which would help to understand your tank. But that's an odd assortment and a lot of waste from some of those species, such as the Oscar and sailfin pleco.
Yes, increasing water changes is a start, keeping filter(s) clean also important. But a really good answer practically begs deconstructing your setup (in other words, more information) to analyze it better. Your GT looks underfed-- something I rarely say. I'm not saying to feed more, don't know what your other fish look like. It could be the tank overall is getting plenty but the GT is stressed, has a health issue, is being outcompeted for food, being bothered by one or more of the other fish, etc. In such cases simply feeding more wouldn't be the answer.
At some point, imo, what's needed is to assess what kind of tank you really want, what place the GT will have in it, and reorganizing or refocusing the tank to better fit its capacity. GTs (or their close relatives) normally grow faster than that in favorable circumstances.
Yes, increasing water changes is a start, keeping filter(s) clean also important. But a really good answer practically begs deconstructing your setup (in other words, more information) to analyze it better. Your GT looks underfed-- something I rarely say. I'm not saying to feed more, don't know what your other fish look like. It could be the tank overall is getting plenty but the GT is stressed, has a health issue, is being outcompeted for food, being bothered by one or more of the other fish, etc. In such cases simply feeding more wouldn't be the answer.
At some point, imo, what's needed is to assess what kind of tank you really want, what place the GT will have in it, and reorganizing or refocusing the tank to better fit its capacity. GTs (or their close relatives) normally grow faster than that in favorable circumstances.
Thank you so much that was very informative what circumstances should I have for it for it to thrive because I want to take care of it properly
reduce the amount of fish in that tank, and only have shoaling fish in with it. Like GT, and denison barbs only.
Leaving my desk in a minute, but it would help to know the sizes and numbers of your other fish and what and how much you're feeding? What's the GT's behavior like? Active, out in the open a lot or hides or seems shy, goes right after food or not, etc?
Sometimes a picture of the full front of the tank showing everything is a big help.
