Bio load for me is no issue since i do WC twice a week, as for aggressive eater its fine aslong as they dont get on my polys way. Plus i like how they are peacefull that they dont reall bother my bichirs in the bottom. I feed the SD during morning with floating pellets and lettuce while at night i feed my bichirs during the lights are off.
Polyaddict86
will you have the time to feed twice daily when the 2nd kid come along? How big are your SD? I wish I have the time to feed twice daily and 2x waterchange a week.
DMD123
I tried feeding with the lights off last night and apparently my other bichirs love eating in the dark too. The weeksi didn't get as much food as I wanted to. I am going to try again tonight.
FishNCash
- think any shy poly u put into your set up will be at a feeding disadvantage due to the large bass and dat, and larger lower jaws.
im sure ill find time to do twice a day feeding. My polys only eat every other day sometimes every other two days. As for the SD they are around 3"-5" and i only got 3 at that size and in the grow out tank i have 6 that are 1". I only have the SD for a week now, so far i have no problem with feeding, i put a lettuce every two day and put pellets in the morning before going to work. I do two WC a week one in wed night around 10:00pm 20% no vacuum no glass cleaning just straight WC, second WC is sunday when my wife is at home, i do 60% with vacuum gravel and clean the glass and the socks for the sump.
Thats what i do, two phyton waterhanger, one on each side, 20% of the water only takes me 10min plus i attach it to a garden hose so the hose go staright from the outside since my tank is in the garage.Use additional python waterchangers to drain. I use 3 and it's quick 'out'. The 'in' is slow cuz I regulate temp from the kitchen faucet. About 15-20 bucks each from craigslist.
Polyaddict86
Are u using two Python to drain or refill? If draining then you just add a pump. I fill faster than I drain because i use a 3/4" garden hose. I need to find a pump adapter to drain faster.
I use it to drain, i attached a pump in the phyton and on the other side of the pump i attached the garden hose. Filling up i just just the regular garden hose when i attached it to the kitchen sink, you just need to buy the adaptor for the sink at ace hardware or home depot, but sometimes i dont even use the warm water, i just use the regular water from outside.
