Keep? or take him out!?

[D12DetroitD12]

Its up to yourself if you want to seperate them, if you have a spare tank i would. By the way you need a bigger tank, i wouldnt keep that ornate much longer in the 20, you need to upgrade to a 75-125 soon.

They are in my 75, the delhezi was in a 20.

 

[D12DetroitD12]

its best to separate them, otherwise,.....

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Yeah....that pic did it for me....hes back into the 20 gal until hes a lil bigger...

 

[D12DetroitD12]

Wow man i cant wait until my ornate gets that big, right now he is a small fry only about 3inch big, how long did he take to reach 9". I am feeding my ornate krill will that make him grow fast. I have some pictures of him on the where to find delhezi in nyc post. (oh sorry didnt mean to highjack ur thread either

I traded in a wolf fish and tiger oscar for the ornate cause the wolf fish kept jumping out and the oscar was a pig plus i wanted a bichir tank i got him at around 8'' so i haven't had him more then a month or 2.

 

[tyndall72]

It wont really be a problem I dont think just make sure they are all relaxed

 

[bizbomb]

I would say chances are he won't be eaten but it is a possibility.

 

[Cholly]

Keep up on frequent water changes, it seems to speed growth in my experience.

 

[spwd]

I wouldnt risk it at that size differences,my 12" endli tried to eat a fat 7" endli after being in the same 180g for about an hour so i dont risk it anymore,and the ornate will keep growing so i doubt that the del would catch up until the ornate reaches a size when it slows down considerably but then the size difference will be considerable too,ive got a del and it doesnt get bothered by my others but he is a decent size.

Steve

 

[moonchild1970]

Separate them.

 

[Bazinga]

i think itll be fine

 

[peewee]

i wouldn't worry about it. i have done these kinds of combos a million times without anything tragic happening, though it still depends on fish personality but the statistics shows.