Relocating my Green Terror Dilemma 2. HELP!

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BlueNawaz

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As i already posted about me moving my Green Terror to a new aquarium in a previous thread, i am now facing another dilemma! So this 6 inch aggressive fish has been in its tank with sand as bottom and a couple of hiding places for eleven months now! It takes in and spits out the sand 20 hours a day and any large disturbance like someone switching of the light or moving very close to it, it goes and hides behind the plastic plants and other decor (it's home). So i decided to give it a LOT of hiding paces in my new large aquarium with plants, driftwood etc and sand as bottom again! However My LFS from where i am getting the new large aquarium gave me the complete opposite idea today. This guy who is also a Green Terror breeder and has kept these fish for the past 13 years said to me that he will be setting the tank BARE BOTTOM!!!COMPLETELY EMPTY without any hiding places! a 4 foot tank with a blue BG but will not even have its home :nilly:i completely freaked out hearing this..i mean aren't GTs diggers? they dig a lot of sand which keeps them busy and also hide a lot? Will this work? he also said he will add a proper toy to the tank for the GT to play with (a ball mostly) but nothing else.. He says the single fish will have a hell lot of space and will face no issue. He also said world class filtering can also help in making the fish secure and there is no need for a adult fish to hide especially when all alone. I am damn confused please tel me he is not joking and this will work??
 
I personally don't like bare bottom tanks. I would feel terrible for taking the gravel out of my rd tank. He digs way too much. Some fish are just very shy. Just set up the 90 gallon how ever you want to do it.


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I would honestly leave it bare sand if you want to see him a lot. But with a 90 you could add other fish and leave all the decor you want, getting other fish used to you feeding them and what not might help your terror see you differently to. I know mine is like a water dog always following me around and eager to eat out of my hand.


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This is my 5.5-6 inch Male Green Terror in its 35 gallon, 2.5 ft long aquarium. I will be moving it to its own 4ft long one this week. It was some job getting it to pose properly as it keeps coming straight at me like it wants to eat me whenever i face it haha... anyway note the way it has rearranged the sand. It was leveled horizontally at the start but it has made a sand mountain of it. It's his favorite pass time. Its been living like this for the past 11 months and i am unsure if its good to transfer it straight to a bare bottom empty tank!DSCN0362.jpgDSCN0361.jpgDSCN0358.jpg

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And i have an another doubt. Got this fish when it was just over 2-2.5 inch. It was not a fry but neither was it grown up. Still a very young fish. I have had it for 11 months so this makes the fish 13-14 months old? Can i expect it to develop the hump which most of the male GT's develop in another year? And i wonder how long it can grow in length considering i am giving it a lot of space!50 gallons is the minimum required while mine will be 85-90 gallons! And it is alone.
 
He looks great. I wouldn't do bare bottom. I would keep the sand. It'll make him feel more comfortable. I've seen gt hit the 12 mark.


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Hi, my 2 cents

- Yes, you can keep a fish in a bare bottom tank, its easy maintenance and less aesthetic
- Yes, you don't have to fill up half the tank with sand for the fish to play with, instead of sand just put a handful of gravel in one corner, your GT will do the the exact same thing by piling it up in one corner
- Yes, you don't have to give a lone fish in a tank a "home" because the entire tank is its home
- If you don't give the fish a home then he has nowhere to hide, so he has no choice but to swim around in the open or stay in one corner where he is visible and not hidden
- Nuchal hump comes with age, also depends on the genetics of the fish, my GT was over 10" long and never had a pronounced hump on his head
- why not ask your breeder and add a female GT
- These are robust fish so you need not worry too much


If i were you i would focus more on the filtration aspect for a bigger tank and leave the fish on its own, he will eventually figure out who to trust and not hide as much, all fish do that..

sorry, my 2 cents became more like 10 cents...good looking fish though
 
Thanks for the kind compliment :D i agree with your point however the issue here is that for the past 11 months he has found hiding behind the decor his best way to protect himself and stay calm. I will be taking this thing away from him! Will he suddenly get adjusted to this open space? How will he react when caught off guard? And a couple of times in the past 11 months when we have surprised him by mistake he has jumped up and even hit the top of the tank once! Thankfully did not get injured! This has quite scared me and after reading the replies from the forum i am considering to set up the tank the way i want by decorating it....
 
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