This guy seems to be doing ok. Cruises around and eats 3-4 times a day. Looks like the colour has washed out a bit because of the white sand. I think in the next set up I may either go bare bottom or a darker sand.
So this just happened today!!!
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Nice! A little tip I like to follow to prevent any food related contamintation: If feeding something in freshwater, feed it something from saltwater and vice versa, might be just something silly of mine, but our (Brazil's) sanity and quality control aren't the better... I've seen tilapia with HITH being sold freezed whole, so I try to change salinity and use frozen food to reduce any risk to the minimum.
Oh sorry, will explain better;
When feeding a freshwater fish I always use saltwater food (prawn, sardines, tuna...) so that any possible pathogen that may perhaps survive being frozen is killed by the hyposalinity in water.
The same for saltwater fish (feed it tilapia, glass shrimp, mollys depending on size) so any possible pathogen is killed by the hypersalinity.
It's just something I try to follow, no need to be super strict, but I feel safer that way.
When feeding a freshwater fish I always use saltwater food (prawn, sardines, tuna...) so that any possible pathogen that may perhaps survive being frozen is killed by the hyposalinity in water.
The same for saltwater fish (feed it tilapia, glass shrimp, mollys depending on size) so any possible pathogen is killed by the hypersalinity.
It's just something I try to follow, no need to be super strict, but I feel safer that way.
I do have some salt water type fish and whatnot to try with them as well I suppose. Thank you for the tip.
Thank you.
They are both male.
I would agree with you about qt. The only reason I am not putting them through that is because I know the sources personally and they have done that process with them already. Any fish that I am getting from an unknown source I do qt for sure. Both are cb and came from trusted sources.
The new guy is a pearl and he’s smashing pellets hard already. Way more responsive to food than the first one.
They are both male.
I would agree with you about qt. The only reason I am not putting them through that is because I know the sources personally and they have done that process with them already. Any fish that I am getting from an unknown source I do qt for sure. Both are cb and came from trusted sources.
The new guy is a pearl and he’s smashing pellets hard already. Way more responsive to food than the first one.
