He ate~!!

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I think the garlic trick is working.
fed him last night and this morning, both time he went straight to the shrimp very quickly. however, I still need to back away from the tank after I drop in the food.
How to make him less skittish? I already have plants and driftwoods as hiding place...maybe too many hiding places for him? should I remove some of the driftwood? or I should add more plants?
 
jp80911;2424240; said:
that's awesome, wish mine turn out to be like yours.
Guess it's still small and skittish. how long you had him?


i had em for like 2 months so i got him really big and hes my favorite fish im getting him a 300 in july.
 
frontosablkrhom;2428037; said:
i had em for like 2 months so i got him really big and hes my favorite fish im getting him a 300 in july.

Wow, 300 gallon for one rhom? are you planning to put anything else in it? like small "feeders" ??
 
jp80911;2428474; said:
Wow, 300 gallon for one rhom? are you planning to put anything else in it? like small "feeders" ??

i havent made any plans for having any other fish even feeders in there maybe a few peacock bass every couple months lol(will be quarantined to insure no disease and treated with anti parasite meds.), but yeah i really wanna see if i can get him to like 16 inches with a 300 two fx5s and a 50% aged w/c every 3 days. my frontosa will also get a 300 along with my caribe when my home is done being built.i like to go big
 
frontosablkrhom;2429685; said:
i havent made any plans for having any other fish even feeders in there maybe a few peacock bass every couple months lol(will be quarantined to insure no disease and treated with anti parasite meds.), but yeah i really wanna see if i can get him to like 16 inches with a 300 two fx5s and a 50% aged w/c every 3 days. my frontosa will also get a 300 along with my caribe when my home is done being built.i like to go big

That would be sweet, peacock bass as feeder, nice but won't that be expensive? what about just go fish for some LMB?
I like to go big too, but since I don't have a walkout basement I can only bring up to certain size tank into my basement, 6 or maybe 7ft is the max length. :(
How big are your caribes now? did you get them from aquascape? they were all sold out last time I went :(
 
i got them this summer when they had babys i have 4 and there about 3 inches. all my tanks are going in my garage with insulated garage doors tile and a nice couch to chill, moving big tanks is TUFF!!
 
frontosablkrhom;2431427; said:
i got them this summer when they had babys i have 4 and there about 3 inches. all my tanks are going in my garage with insulated garage doors tile and a nice couch to chill, moving big tanks is TUFF!!

Yea, I know, big tanks are heavy.
post some update pics of your caribes and the blue diamond when you get your hands on camera. or if you can email me some hi-res picture of your blue diamond that would be nice. if that's ok please PM me and i'll give you my email
 
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