I'm hoping I can get some plants to grow on the rocks to act as a cushion, if not I'll end up removing them. Better to be safe then sorry.
Proud mom of 2, and I got some questions...
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amazon is a good place for pellets I feed hikari carnivore and shredded tilapia. I do have a tank that only eats live since butis butis are pretty much impossible to get off live so what I would do in your case is get some(20-30) smaller livebearers(guppy, platy, mosquito fish....) and after quarantine add them all to the tank and let them breed there but in your smaller tank about once a month buy some replacement fish and quarantine then move them to the main tank and repeat. That way they can grab a feeder if hungry but their main food would be pellets. I had this setup in my bichir tank with mosquito fish and it worked great until they ate all the babies and males and I couldn't find anymore males
Thats sort of the setup I have now, my Uncle's guppies bred out of control. Unfortunately after the 3 guppy, my bichir has managed to eat the remaining 23 by herself in about 2 days. I'm going to use pellets till I figure out a way to get a better constant supply.
you might try mollies the adults are to big for sens to eat, I stopped using mollies because they are the only normal fish I really like and my afer knifefish, Jacka$$, was going after the adults even though they were too big and just injuring them but with sens I doubt that would happen. My 1st sen ate 50 platys in the 1st 2 weeks and doubled in size so he got his own 55 gallon
Vallisneria, picked up a couple pots from aquariumcoop.
Got mini hair grass for my flooring, dwarf baby tears for my rock formations, Telanthera for color, and cryptocoryne balansea.
I'll post picks when I get everything planted.
Excited for you! I hope the hairgrass and baby tears work for you... they can be kind of finicky.
What kind of lighting are you using?
What kind of lighting are you using?
LED? It's been doing fine for my dwarf lilies but I'll likely have to upgrade the hood system as a whole. The lid that comes with it isn't compatible with the filter that came with it ;D
https://www.petsmart.com/fish/starter-kits/marineland-38-gallon-aquarium-starter-kit-27497.html
It just gets algae on it and dies.Define not well?
Vallis either melts or goes nuts it seems
PH won't be such a biggie, do you use any ferts?
Vals grow pretty well for me. Algae is still so so though.
For ferts, I use liquid potassium and liquid excel. However, I also use flourish tabs.
So, it's been awhile since I've posted. I've started a small tank with guppies & minimal plant life. It is damn annoying to fish out fish, heh, with obstacles so I set up my old tank to get a supply going on the side. I only have 2 female guppies now, cause my bichirs have a sexual preference.
So far my larger bichir has murdered a beta (I should have known better, he didn't even eat him. It was a bad death and stupid on my part), and ate 10 tetras, 4 male guppies (hence why i started a separate breeding tank), and 3 shrimp.
Both have taken to the pellets. I feed live fish 1 day, pellets 2 days, then live.
I've noticed that there's already issues between my 2 bichirs. 1 is significantly smaller then the other and I typically have to "hand feed" the smaller one to make sure its eating. Outside of food hogging, I don't notice any weirdness between them... But the smaller one never left the hide/bust I had placed back inside.
Any tips on dealing with an ******* bichir? It was recommended to me that I get a third, which I will do but I'm hoping with time & effort might make that not necessary. $20 is a little annoying to pay especially when it just equates into more money/space/bigger tank in the future.
So far my larger bichir has murdered a beta (I should have known better, he didn't even eat him. It was a bad death and stupid on my part), and ate 10 tetras, 4 male guppies (hence why i started a separate breeding tank), and 3 shrimp.
Both have taken to the pellets. I feed live fish 1 day, pellets 2 days, then live.
I've noticed that there's already issues between my 2 bichirs. 1 is significantly smaller then the other and I typically have to "hand feed" the smaller one to make sure its eating. Outside of food hogging, I don't notice any weirdness between them... But the smaller one never left the hide/bust I had placed back inside.
Any tips on dealing with an ******* bichir? It was recommended to me that I get a third, which I will do but I'm hoping with time & effort might make that not necessary. $20 is a little annoying to pay especially when it just equates into more money/space/bigger tank in the future.
Dwarf lily + my bigger bichir. I've noticed spots and coloration that didn't exist a week ago, I'm excited to see the finished pattern.
