Clean up crew for bumble bee oscars

[Goonie]

Not great pica and I need to clean my acrylic, I will rescape and clean that tank this week end so there will be better pictures

Would love to see a pic of your setup. crassipinis is on my long list of fish I need to own lol

 

[Belly_up]

Wow they look awesome !

 

[Goonie]

If they are all still super active Ina month ild say I'm out of the woods, just got to keep them 2x 50% weekly wcs going lol and service my canisters more often most likely

 

[Goonie]

Half way done,couple more fish to rehome and need to switch gravle to sand in a week or 2, but almost there

 

[Goonie]

If I sell the loaches what would you guys replace them with ?

 

[Deadeye]

Still a Raphael. Very effective cat.
If you wanted a more active cat something like a feather fin syno is good.

 

[Goonie]

So you would try a geo or somthing else to stir the sand ?

 

[Rocksor]

So you would try a geo or somthing else to stir the sand ?

I would get some sort of sand sifter. In a plantless tank, I prefer less then 1.5" of substrate, and a sand sifter like a jurupari or similar (firemouth comes to mind for hard water folks) is enough to keep the sand from developing anaerobic areas.

 

[Goonie]

Hmm I do like fire mouths that may be the ticket

 

[Deadeye]

Hmm I do like fire mouths that may be the ticket

Firemouths will need high ph, hard water. Based on the amazon theme already in place, I assume this is an acidic, soft tank. Geos are a better fit as far as a sand sifting cichlid goes. Plenty of good looking ones out there too.