Need a DH or designated eater - DE

[dr exum]

One of my Orino’s likes to discard their Tilapia in the back wood structure where it hides out... then 20” tsn digs it out, while entertaining to watch... the cat is big for the small space...

My largest carnivore pleco l114 - already ran the gauntlet in there... need something that won’t scratch acrylic and can get left over food bits in the Back mopani reef between gravel vacs?

1. Large carnivore pleco
2 . Zebrinha Pike
3. Flagtail - never had one not sure it will fit the bill?
4. Some other catfish that grows to 12” or so?
5. Some geo?

Tank mates are 8 bass - 7”-10”
One arow - 12” and the tsn

Trying to keep it South American.

 

[tcav88]

Zebrina will definitely work for what you want to do, as well as vulture cats... silver dollars... none of my L600 have scratched or left bite marks on my acrylic so that’s an option as well, I’ve never had luck keeping Geo’s with bass past a 1.5 years they always kill them, but you could try Winnie’s or altifrons

 

[dr exum]

Tried the silver dollars, got jacked... they were the little PetSmart variety not the larger specialized varieties... probably the zebrinha or the L 600 -

Does your l600 clean the driftwood?

 

[Reiner]

Why do you have to feed tilapia? Stick to foods the fish doesn't spit out

 

[DwarfCichlidLvr]

Nice tank! How about pictus cats?

 

[tcav88]

Tried the silver dollars, got jacked... they were the little PetSmart variety not the larger specialized varieties... probably the zebrinha or the L 600 -

Does your l600 clean the driftwood?

not really

 

[yzf450motoxrider]

You could try Red hooks. Tangled up in Cichlids currently has big ones. I have four and they shred anything the other fish don't eat.

 

[dr exum]

Why do you have to feed tilapia? Stick to foods the fish doesn't spit out

Trying to get them off blood worms... tilapia much cheaper than blood worms...
The two orino’s eat tilapia the two kels eat bloodworms...

pellets ideally... only the farmies eat the pellets 100%