I've had the fx5 running on the new ray tank for just shy of two weeks and the ammonia/nitrite levels finally hit zero yesterday, having done a fishless cycle. I did a 50% water change on the 120 they were in yesterday and then a 50% water change on the 180 today and after making sure everything else matched up, I switched them over. The female hid for about 1/2 an hour then started cruising around the tank and even ate some blackworms. The male buried himself when he went in and hasn't come out yet, 2.5 hrs later. Is this common when they are moved?
As you may have seen before I wasn't having luck with the overflow box for this tank and scrapped the entire plan of my sump design. I have one FX5 running on the 180 now with 4 liters of eheim substrat pro in it. As a back up and for more filtration I ordered another FX5 which shall have 4 liters of substrat in it as well. I'm figuring that will be plenty of filtration on a 180 and also provide redundancy for when I clean or for mechanical failure.
I'm hoping when I get up in the morning the male hystrix is acting normal and not dead
As you may have seen before I wasn't having luck with the overflow box for this tank and scrapped the entire plan of my sump design. I have one FX5 running on the 180 now with 4 liters of eheim substrat pro in it. As a back up and for more filtration I ordered another FX5 which shall have 4 liters of substrat in it as well. I'm figuring that will be plenty of filtration on a 180 and also provide redundancy for when I clean or for mechanical failure.
I'm hoping when I get up in the morning the male hystrix is acting normal and not dead
