My group of pleurophtalma

[Auranti]

I couldn't find out exactly what happened to my platinum but I deduced that, as the tank was partitioned, the partition plate's holes were too small to have fresh water flowing in. I than found one or 2 pieces of uneaten prawns wedged among the rocks and decorations, perhaps the water became too polluted . Was a very foolish and easily avoided mistake. Apparently it was quite bad, as i did do some WC before and it still didnt prevent the death. So could be some interal problem as well. Very wasted.

As for your pleuros, I wish you good luck. Hope to see a feeding video, it should be fun. They are very very fast hunters .

 

[Joao M]

Thanks Auranti.

 

[bottles]

Glad to see that they are doing well.

 

[Joao M]

It was finally time to move them from the growout to their (hopefully) final home.

Alert to the fact that they don´t react well to changes in the water parameters I transfered them with the water of their previous tank.

Firstly I removed 2/3 of the water of the new tank (pic taken during the process)


Then filled it up with the old tank´s water


And finally I introduced the pleuros. They are currently between 4 1/2" and 6".
I took some quick pics with the phone. Blurry ones and with the water still a bit cloudy. See them as a preview for future (and better) pics



They are still a bit nervous with the move, but will settle in no time.

In this tank I also have:
- 3 leopard ctenopomas (3-4");
- 1 agamyxis (2");
- 2 BN plecos

The agamyxis to eat the leftovers during the night; the BN plecos to eat the algae and the ctenopomas because I like them.

We´ll how long this combo works If/when it doesn´t I´ll remove the others and keep the pleuros alone

 

[convict360]

Really like your aquascaping in the 6 foot tank, good job

 

[Joao M]

Tks !
The plants need to grow a bit more to look the way I´m aiming at, but it will only take a couple of months.

 

[convict360]

Tks !
The plants need to grow a bit more to look the way I´m aiming at, but it will only take a couple of months.

Look forward to seeing pics I think as I've gotten more into the hobby my appreciation of aquascaping and plants is as much as my appreciation of the fish lol.

 

[volcanotimes]

Really awesome aquascape my friend. What s the tempeture you keep them?

 

[Joao M]

Tks.
They´re at 25-26º C

 

[cpm6t]

Very nice setup. Your pleuros would love the space. I think my ones are about an inch shorter than yours. What do you feed them and how often?