Red Hooks or Tin Foils???
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i voted for the tin foils because i think they will handle the cramped conditions better than SDs would. If you get a tank big enough for them however, the red hooks would look so much sharper
Best sds for a 125 would be tiger striped sds majority of other sds will get too big and so will tinfoil barbs. They eat so much and are poop machined
Thank you all for your input it is overwhelming what the consensus is and I'm happy to see that I went and asked the question. I was on the fence considering the Red Hooks were about four dollars more a piece but I will definitely be getting a good sized school. If anyone has any other good recommendations for tank mates for them I'd love to hear. I'm going to be setting up another tank the same size in the next few months and might move them over to that one.
Just out of preference or why? Do you have any substitute recommendations I should look at? Everyone's input is valued.
I just reread the first post and noticed the Mono. You don't say what the bottom dwellers you have are, so my opinion might be swayed, depending on your type tap water.
Is it hard, or soft?
I don't believe in fighting tap water, I believe tailoring fish to water you have, as the most reasonable route.
Monos, are brackish water fish, and prefer to live in groups (trios, quartets) of their own kind. As as they mature, need more and more salinity and hardness to stay healthy.
If your tap water is hard, I'd up the salinity, get more Monos, maybe some Archers, scats, Etroplus suratensus or other brackish type fish and go that route, ditching the idea of either SDs or barbs.
Neither red hooks, or barbs, are brackish, and prefer soft water, so housing them with a mono is a little strange (to me).
But if your tap water is soft, I can see the SD route.
Etroplus suratensus below.
Is it hard, or soft?
I don't believe in fighting tap water, I believe tailoring fish to water you have, as the most reasonable route.
Monos, are brackish water fish, and prefer to live in groups (trios, quartets) of their own kind. As as they mature, need more and more salinity and hardness to stay healthy.
If your tap water is hard, I'd up the salinity, get more Monos, maybe some Archers, scats, Etroplus suratensus or other brackish type fish and go that route, ditching the idea of either SDs or barbs.
Neither red hooks, or barbs, are brackish, and prefer soft water, so housing them with a mono is a little strange (to me).
But if your tap water is soft, I can see the SD route.
Etroplus suratensus below.
The Mono I have is a weird fish. I used to keep him in a school with brackish fish and he would kill all of them. The mono and archers. Now he is in a tank with an Eclipse Cat, Bala shark (He also is a crazy fish they get along great) Parrot cichlid, and Senegal Bichir. I'm going to be setting up another tank though in case aggression or overstock occurs.I just reread the first post and noticed the Mono. You don't say what the bottom dwellers you have are, so my opinion might be swayed, depending on your type tap water.
Is it hard, or soft?
I don't believe in fighting tap water, I believe tailoring fish to water you have, as the most reasonable route.
Monos, are brackish water fish, and prefer to live in groups (trios, quartets) of their own kind. As as they mature, need more and more salinity and hardness to stay healthy.
If your tap water is hard, I'd up the salinity, get more Monos, maybe some Archers, scats, Etroplus suratensus or other brackish type fish and go that route, ditching the idea of either SDs or barbs.
Neither red hooks, or barbs, are brackish, and prefer soft water, so housing them with a mono is a little strange (to me).
But if your tap water is soft, I can see the SD route.
Etroplus suratensus below.
Like I mentioned the red hooks will get too big and so will the tinfoil barbs... tinfoil barbs are fast water and will eat everything. Other slow fish in the tank might not get a chance to eat and all they do is poop. If you want sds get tiger sds they max out around 6 inches
