what type of catfish do you recommend for a cleaning job. has to be able to survive with flowerhorns. Last one i put in there was doing the job as soon as i put it in, but 5 seconds later got eaten...lol
need help!
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IMO there is no such thing as a "clean up fish" or a scavenger. scavenger means the fish would have no general diet and would eat anything it could find. all fish have a general diet plan that should be followed for optimum health.
that being said, if you have extra food after meals you are most likely overfeeding. try feeding a little less. that should help. and as monsterminis showed, good maintenance is always key. ya dig?
that being said, if you have extra food after meals you are most likely overfeeding. try feeding a little less. that should help. and as monsterminis showed, good maintenance is always key. ya dig?
+1kMonsterMinis;4832685; said:
Adding fish to your bioload will not make your tank cleaner, it will make it dirtier.
Change the water to keep nitrAtes under control, and don't feed as much. Try feeding multple small meals through out the day instead of one or two large meals. One bite per fish 3 times a day is better than too much food once a day.
i wish it was as simple as not to feed to much. FH and blood worms gets a bit messy. im not saying that i cbb cleaning/siphoning my tank. what im saying is that there is some left over foods that i dont want going to waste. anyway. if no one is going to recommend a fish and instead tell me to siphon the tank which is not what i was talking about at all then please dont comment.
People get so touchy when they don't get the answer they want.
Just feed more moderately. How hard is that? Feed in tiny amounts, and don't add more food until the flowerhorns have finished it all. It'll help if you get your flowerhorns on pellets. It has more nutritional content than boodworms, anyways.
Like Laticauda pointed out, another fish means a bigger bioload, which also means you have to perform more frequent water changes, or simply larger water changes. So you're gonna change a lot of water either way.
Just feed more moderately. How hard is that? Feed in tiny amounts, and don't add more food until the flowerhorns have finished it all. It'll help if you get your flowerhorns on pellets. It has more nutritional content than boodworms, anyways.
Like Laticauda pointed out, another fish means a bigger bioload, which also means you have to perform more frequent water changes, or simply larger water changes. So you're gonna change a lot of water either way.
But it IS as simple as to "not feed as much."
Put a few worms in, wait for fish to eat them. When all the worms are gone, drop a few more in. It just takes time, not necessarily more siphoning.
AND... with flowerhorns, you won't be able to add ANY fish, so you aren't going to get the answer you want, because any fish that could possibly be named, will just be killed.
Put a few worms in, wait for fish to eat them. When all the worms are gone, drop a few more in. It just takes time, not necessarily more siphoning.
AND... with flowerhorns, you won't be able to add ANY fish, so you aren't going to get the answer you want, because any fish that could possibly be named, will just be killed.