help with gulpers

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sandj

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i have been reading up on gulpers and have found quite a bit of info. but i can't find anything about what the tank should be like. drift wood, rock,sand, bare ect.. so if anyone has any idea on what is best please share your ideas with me. thanks in advance. and if anyone has any pictures that would be awesome if you could post them.
 
sandj;4756382; said:
i have been reading up on gulpers and have found quite a bit of info. but i can't find anything about what the tank should be like. drift wood, rock,sand, bare ect.. so if anyone has any idea on what is best please share your ideas with me. thanks in advance. and if anyone has any pictures that would be awesome if you could post them.

I could have swore I read somewhere, that a quarter of the tank should be driftwood and rocks for it to hide in and the rest should be open for swimming.

I would say bare is best as when they eat, they would stir up the sand really bad and rocks could be swallowed.
 
From what I have read and a little experience caring for one at a shop I worked at they will need a place to hide preferably driftwood, substrate is of no consequence, low light is preferred, tall plants can help to coax them out into the light, mainly nocturnal, aggressive feeder, bad eyesight, readily accepts frozen foods, they almost need to bump into there food to find it, velcro like teeth, all around pretty cool fish
 
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