Retic young couple with Hystrix and Motoro

[ernesto]

Hi you all !!!...
Next week come to my tank a 26cm male Motoro and a 22cm female Hystrix and i already have a young couple of retics ( 15cm both). My question is: there will be any problem with them sharing the 540Lt tank for a few months?. Im planing a 2100Lt with good footprint for the four of them but i dont know if there will be any problem during this time.....what do you think?

Thanx in advance

Ernesto Roa.

 

[JD7.62]

That combo can cause trouble as motoros tend to be VERY aggressive feeders and can/will out compete your retics. Now this is not true in every case, but the odds are not in your favor.

 

[ernesto]

Thanx.....
Does anyone have any similar experience with this?....

 

[dayday]

a buddy told me his retic was beating up on his motoro.....

 

[Nic]

it could go either way... only one way to find out for sure...

 

[stingray man]

keep us updated i have been debating getting a dif ray for my retic

 

[turkeyboy85]

yea... u can always hand feed certain rays too...

 

[ernesto]

Im thinking about hand feed the big ones and apart from the retics to avoid competition. Retics are eating only live tubifex and big ones eat almost everything, do you think big ones gonna eat the tubifex?......those worms are really micro.