I agree, they do prefer to school in groups of 3 or more. Bala sharks are slow growers though, you'll have plenty of time to upgrade to a bigger tank if you choose to keep him
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I agree, they do prefer to school in groups of 3 or more. Bala sharks are slow growers though, you'll have plenty of time to upgrade to a bigger tank if you choose to keep him
Ok, water parameters.. I missed the fact that you had crushed coral substrate. That being the case you are pretty well set up for the venustus and any other africans you have in there (i think i saw a yellow lab) since that should buffer your ph pretty high. Therefor most likely not being the right environment for your sa/ca cichlids (the jack dempsy is the one i noticed). Your fish may "survive" but with the particular fish you chose, they cant all be in their ideal environment within the same tank.
As for the GSP, i dont know much about them but if memeory serves me right i believe they are a brackish species, meaning again they may "survive" in that tank, but they will not be as healthy as they would in brackish.
It is ultimately up to you what you do. But if you want to keep all those fish they would be much better off if you seperated them to other tanks as needed to provide them with their ideal conditions.
Which is something there are plenty of people and info on this forum to help you with including myself for the species i do know about.
btw if your new to the forum...welcome!
As for the GSP, i dont know much about them but if memeory serves me right i believe they are a brackish species, meaning again they may "survive" in that tank, but they will not be as healthy as they would in brackish.
It is ultimately up to you what you do. But if you want to keep all those fish they would be much better off if you seperated them to other tanks as needed to provide them with their ideal conditions.
Which is something there are plenty of people and info on this forum to help you with including myself for the species i do know about.
btw if your new to the forum...welcome!
BTW i just saw your signature, i want to make sure you know, im not flaming you for your set up, as they seem to be doing ok for now. I just want to let you know that they could be more vibrant and happier with their intended environments. As for my single region fish as you put it...see my avatar pic at the left of this post
Also wanted to give you a forwarning, that venustus cichlid (giraffe hap) can grow pretty large, i've seen them get as big as 8-9" in other peoples tanks.
Also wanted to give you a forwarning, that venustus cichlid (giraffe hap) can grow pretty large, i've seen them get as big as 8-9" in other peoples tanks.
lol it my sig wasnt aimed aimed at you i was told by friend before i joined that i would get flamed for it so dont mention that i have mixed region and well i thought i might as well get it out and over with and i have no plans on stickin to 55 i was planin on taxes to take on the marineland 300g
The 300 gallon would be awesome. However the issue with the mix of fish that you have isnt that they aren't just from different regions, they require very different water conditions to truely thrive at their best rather than just survive. As i said im not tellin ya you have to do what i say, in fact i would much rather see someone do the research and see the reason for my advice rather than just taking my word for it.
My advice would be a couple different tanks when you get the money so that you would then be able to set up different tanks for the different environments your fish require.
For example one tank could be for your african cichlids, another could be for your JD and others, and maybe anther set up as brackish for the puffer.
My advice would be a couple different tanks when you get the money so that you would then be able to set up different tanks for the different environments your fish require.
For example one tank could be for your african cichlids, another could be for your JD and others, and maybe anther set up as brackish for the puffer.
This is excellent advice and it's the same I'd offer. Rather than a 300 gallon tank I'd suggest double stacked 135-150s and do one African and one CA/SA and do like a 40 breeder brackish for the GSP. The double stacked tanks would save some space while giving 2 tanks to create 2 different environments. Of course these are just some ideas for you to consider. Welcome to MFK, there are plenty of helpful folks here. I've been in the hobby for only 2 years and this site has helped a ton. I suggest browsing various threads and reading, it helps a bunch.
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i would be worried about the mixture of fish you have, most of them are not meant to be together, and cannot be kept in the community type setting you seem to want. But most the guys will have better solutions for you then me
