Pick up a tigrinus
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$150 (mail-order or local pick-up from an online vendor) has been the going price lately, neither cheap, nor expensive (according to Wes Wong anyway and my experience agrees).
What do you mean when you say the first tig died because of "good ph"?
What do you mean when you say the first tig died because of "good ph"?
Sorry I meant the ph was good when I check my water. Some ppl told me it might be my ph why the tig died
Is your acrylic tank on foam? One picture indicates a floating corner on what appears to be foam. Not msging you to be a prick or anything because your tigrinus is absolutely beautiful, but I would suggest getting that foam out of there and make sure the entirety of your bottom is supported by plywood. I am currently dealing with the exact same mistake.
Hope this guy grows well for you, enjoy!
Hope this guy grows well for you, enjoy!
Tigs and Brachyplatystoma in general are not as hardy as other other large Pims but overall, they are pretty resilient.
Outside of common stress factors (ammonia, nitrite, inadequate DO, too hard water, too high pH, unstable temp / pH, bullying, overfeeding, etc.), IIRC, I've only encountered a hypothesis by T1KARMANN that seafoods kill tigs, or perhaps more specifically marine crustaceans.
If you'd like, I can dig out a link.
Outside of common stress factors (ammonia, nitrite, inadequate DO, too hard water, too high pH, unstable temp / pH, bullying, overfeeding, etc.), IIRC, I've only encountered a hypothesis by T1KARMANN that seafoods kill tigs, or perhaps more specifically marine crustaceans.
If you'd like, I can dig out a link.
One acrylic? Doubtful, only rimless glass tanks should foam be used. Look up some of
wednesday13
posts about it, I would find it for you but I got the flu right now and am not up for digging, but if you search some of his posts he gives extremely convincing arguments against the use of it, personal experience type of arguments. Like I said not bashing you cuz I have foam under my acrylic right now, but after hearing some of the horror stories I can't wait to be able to get it out of there.