African tetra that likes current
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I had congos and red-eyes in a 75 with about 400gph going from one end to the other. The flow was concentrated in the top third of the tank. The congos and a few others stayed closer to the bottom while the red-eyes liked the top half. All did ok in the high flow area though and would venture into it randomly. Video of the tank is poor and not a great example of the normal actions of most of the fish.
Damn! Maybe call the wetspot and ask how they were keeping them peacefully in their stock tanks. Hard to say if flow will help but it very well may. What temp are you keeping them? I theorized the killings were a breeding rite of passage and perhaps I was keeping these fish too warm. Like I said not a lot of generalized info readily available on this particular species ime.
I may have to check with WS. As for temp, low 70s. It's starting to cool off a little in georgia, but I haven't plugged my heaters back up yet. Maybe a few taller plants may break up sight lines.
The above passage interests me, could you go into more detail and explain to me what you mean by that?
Like I mentioned before it was the dominant pair that killed off the remaining four of my 6-pack. I am sure of that. I know not what the original group consisted of, but only that after the killings I had one male who eventually grew long trailing fins, and one female who was noticeably plump and larger than the rest. They were inseparable in whatever tank I moved them to over the course of 2+ years. I recently lost the male to unknown cause, most likely predation imo as I have introduced a 6" flowerhorn and 7+" lenticulata pike to the community in that same time span. Though I am not ruling out the female squeezing out the male, especially since I still have blackskirts roaming the same tank space and the female goes about unscathed.
I apologize if details seem amiss but that's the most i have to go on as the residents and activities of my community tank are numerous, diverse, and sometimes cryptic.
A little update, it looks like they've calmed down. I ended up losing 2, but haven't seen anymore injuries. Hopefully the other 8 behave.
The congo garras are pretty neat. They eat algae but go nuts when I drop flakes in front of the powerhead.
The congo garras are pretty neat. They eat algae but go nuts when I drop flakes in front of the powerhead.
Still going great. All 8 are still getting along. Maybe the 2 that died were weak from shipping and the others sensed it? I added an aqueon powerhead to go with the larger sunsun powerhead which really got the water moving. Also I got an order of 5 anubias and 2 bolbitis that I plan on trying down tomorrow. I'm looking to get a few more buffaloheads soon, now I think I have a male and sub dominate male.
I really wish I could have done a nice river manifold setup, but the tank was already stocked and running when I decided to go this route.
I really wish I could have done a nice river manifold setup, but the tank was already stocked and running when I decided to go this route.
