Hey guys!
Been fiddling around with my smaller tank, now that the 180g brackish is up and running, and I am thinking of pygmies.
Tank is 350L (90ish gallons).
I want it planted (mostly vallisneria as I love these plants) with some (but few) driftwood.
My idea was to have a shoal of Carinotetraodon travancoricus and here come the usual questions, I guess!
1. How many can I house?
2. As much as I know tank mates are hit and miss (they usually are with most fishes), would I be able to keep things like a shoal of cardinalis or small barbs? Would the smaller loaches do well? Perhaps a rope fish (I believe they don't get thick enough to eat puffers)? Dwarf cichlids? Some of the pretty L numbers?
3. What do you keep their teeth in check with? I can't really imagine finding the smallest snails for sale, and I doubt they'd eat the bigger ones... Shrimps? Anything?
I wanted to have a lot of fish, and one center piece, but I believe pygmies would be a lovely point of attention, especially in a big shoal.
Please don't hesitate to give pros and cons of whatever fish is in that extensive list of mine!
Been fiddling around with my smaller tank, now that the 180g brackish is up and running, and I am thinking of pygmies.
Tank is 350L (90ish gallons).
I want it planted (mostly vallisneria as I love these plants) with some (but few) driftwood.
My idea was to have a shoal of Carinotetraodon travancoricus and here come the usual questions, I guess!
1. How many can I house?
2. As much as I know tank mates are hit and miss (they usually are with most fishes), would I be able to keep things like a shoal of cardinalis or small barbs? Would the smaller loaches do well? Perhaps a rope fish (I believe they don't get thick enough to eat puffers)? Dwarf cichlids? Some of the pretty L numbers?
3. What do you keep their teeth in check with? I can't really imagine finding the smallest snails for sale, and I doubt they'd eat the bigger ones... Shrimps? Anything?
I wanted to have a lot of fish, and one center piece, but I believe pygmies would be a lovely point of attention, especially in a big shoal.

Please don't hesitate to give pros and cons of whatever fish is in that extensive list of mine!
