How many red bellies?
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Okay thank you. I may do 6 but if i did 5 could I keep a pleco with them? Or are they too aggressive?
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Quoted from wiki,
The term dither fish refers to an arbitrary group of aquarium fish used by cichlid keeping aquarists to reduce innate timidity in some species of cichlids.[1]Dither fish typically swim around the top of a tank and this behavior encourages more timid fish to relax and venture out more by reassuring them no predators are around. The technique relies on the ability of cichlids in an aquarium to use the behaviour of other fish species as a measure of environmental security.[2] Good dither fish are typically schooling species, such as some Danio species, barbs and some tetra species.
The term dither fish refers to an arbitrary group of aquarium fish used by cichlid keeping aquarists to reduce innate timidity in some species of cichlids.[1]Dither fish typically swim around the top of a tank and this behavior encourages more timid fish to relax and venture out more by reassuring them no predators are around. The technique relies on the ability of cichlids in an aquarium to use the behaviour of other fish species as a measure of environmental security.[2] Good dither fish are typically schooling species, such as some Danio species, barbs and some tetra species.
Chances are likely but it keeps them interested and active in a way. The dithers also pick up scraps of leftover food.
I looked it up. But that's strange to me if I have a group of red bellies they would eat smaller danios?
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They don't necessarily look at the dithers as food. IME, I noticed they view them more as a snack than a source of food in which predators do not want to expend too much energy for something as little as a tetra or danio. But don't get me wrong, they will eat dithers if the opportunities comes knocking.