After a crazy busy few months I've changed jobs, moved cities and in the process sold both my 1400L and 800L tanks, and set up a smaller 400L tank to keep me occupied until we're settled again and I can set up another 1000L+ tank. My original plan was to keep my favourite plecs from my big amazon tank that would have been hard to replace (L128, L81, huge whiptail etc) but the chance came up to get a really good deal on 8 young L14 and I couldn't say no! So the other plecs have been farmed out to a friend til I'm ready to take them back and the new tank is set up as follows;
140x65x48cm tank (LxWxH) with sump, 8 4-5cm L014, 1 ~3cm L002, 5 small S. leucosticta (may or may not move them on later depending on how fast they grow) and 10 or so C. sterbai.
The sunshines don't seem interested in hikari wafers or sinking carnivore pellets, but love shrimp and bloodworms. They also come out and graze on the NLS Thera A and flake I feed the earthwaters. Should I be trying to add a bit more vege matter to their diet, or are they ok on almost all meaty foods? And if so what? I offered some courgette yesterday and they ignored it.
The other think I'm wondering is how fast the sunshines grow? The tank has a large sump and gets frequent water changes (pH ~6.8 and 25-7C) so the water is always good. I've read they're one of the faster growing species and I know that tank won't be big enough for eight adults (but it is only temprary until we've bought/built another house), but I'm wondering how long I'll have. I haven't noticed much aggression between them. And at what size should I be able to sex them?
Enough waffling, here's some pics...
140x65x48cm tank (LxWxH) with sump, 8 4-5cm L014, 1 ~3cm L002, 5 small S. leucosticta (may or may not move them on later depending on how fast they grow) and 10 or so C. sterbai.
The sunshines don't seem interested in hikari wafers or sinking carnivore pellets, but love shrimp and bloodworms. They also come out and graze on the NLS Thera A and flake I feed the earthwaters. Should I be trying to add a bit more vege matter to their diet, or are they ok on almost all meaty foods? And if so what? I offered some courgette yesterday and they ignored it.
The other think I'm wondering is how fast the sunshines grow? The tank has a large sump and gets frequent water changes (pH ~6.8 and 25-7C) so the water is always good. I've read they're one of the faster growing species and I know that tank won't be big enough for eight adults (but it is only temprary until we've bought/built another house), but I'm wondering how long I'll have. I haven't noticed much aggression between them. And at what size should I be able to sex them?
Enough waffling, here's some pics...
