Some schooling fish can help make it feel more secure. I had good luck with tiger barbs till my demsey hit the 4" mark. Giant danios are pretty quick and big enough to not get eaten.I use silver dollars as target fish in one of my systems, but they get big so I wouldn't recommend them for a 4' tank.Tetras can work too. Pretty much anything that can't get eaten.....if you know a bigger tank is in the future, you could add some small cichlids
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Some schooling fish can help make it feel more secure. I had good luck with tiger barbs till my demsey hit the 4" mark. Giant danios are pretty quick and big enough to not get eaten.I use silver dollars as target fish in one of my systems, but they get big so I wouldn't recommend them for a 4' tank.Tetras can work too. Pretty much anything that can't get eaten.....if you know a bigger tank is in the future, you could add some small cichlids
I did 8 Giant Danio's in my big tank when I had just a Jag, male and female Jack Dempsey. I had them quarantined for a month, I released them in the big tank and in the time it took me to go into my kitchen to grab a drink (2 minutes tops), I came back to a half a Danio floating lol
To the OP, my GT was pretty skittish and low on the chain in the tank when I first added him. Once I put all the grow outs in my 110... He came out of his shell. This is how he is now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeupNOd0IP8
Think about it man.....He's the only fish that's swimming around in that tank. Then a giant animal (you) comes walking by out of no where. Of course he thinks he's going to get eaten.
Put some dither fish in there (giant danios and tiger barbs have worked for me with my GT). And he'll probably stop being so skittish because he'll figure if you're going to eat anything, you'll probably go for the dither fish.
Once they get bigger, the skittishness goes away because they think they're too big to get eaten.
Put some dither fish in there (giant danios and tiger barbs have worked for me with my GT). And he'll probably stop being so skittish because he'll figure if you're going to eat anything, you'll probably go for the dither fish.
Once they get bigger, the skittishness goes away because they think they're too big to get eaten.
I did 8 Giant Danio's in my big tank when I had just a Jag, male and female Jack Dempsey. I had them quarantined for a month, I released them in the big tank and in the time it took me to go into my kitchen to grab a drink (2 minutes tops), I came back to a half a Danio floating lol
To the OP, my GT was pretty skittish and low on the chain in the tank when I first added him. Once I put all the grow outs in my 110... He came out of his shell. This is how he is now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeupNOd0IP8
yeah, you shouldn't get too attached to dithers. My Jack dempsey decided, one day out of the blue that the 2" tiger barbs were midnight snacks. he'd prey on them while they slept. He ate 11 in about 3 weeks........
but he wasn't shy any more either lol...........
yeah, you shouldn't get too attached to dithers. My Jack dempsey decided, one day out of the blue that the 2" tiger barbs were midnight snacks. he'd prey on them while they slept. He ate 11 in about 3 weeks........
but he wasn't shy any more either lol...........
Oh, I think 3 of them went overboard and the rest were eaten. I wasn't attached to them, it was just that I'd spent 8 bucks for nothing lol. Fish are weird though, you can put a non cichlid in there and they never touch them while others will devour them slowly. Which is a good lesson to the OP, don't spend a ton of money on it.
I did 8 Giant Danio's in my big tank when I had just a Jag, male and female Jack Dempsey. I had them quarantined for a month, I released them in the big tank and in the time it took me to go into my kitchen to grab a drink (2 minutes tops), I came back to a half a Danio floating lol
To the OP, my GT was pretty skittish and low on the chain in the tank when I first added him. Once I put all the grow outs in my 110... He came out of his shell. This is how he is now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YeupNOd0IP8
That female Salvini looks like a beast what's her size?
Great looking tank btw
That female Salvini looks like a beast what's her size?
Great looking tank btw
Thank you. I'd say she's around 4-5" TL. She's certainly a feisty one.
Thank you. I'd say she's around 4-5" TL. She's certainly a feisty one.
Oh I see. From that video I thought she'd be like 7" lol. Either way, great job!
Oh I see. From that video I thought she'd be like 7" lol. Either way, great job!
Thanks. I blame it on the NLS and freeze dried shrimps and bloodworms.
