I have a 75 gallon tank with a 7-8 inch fire eel and a 4 inch polypterus ansorgii. Before you flame me for the tank I know how big fire eels get and I should be picking up a 180 gallon tank to setup. Oh and one sail fin pleco (8 inches)
Now onto my question. I would like a little more movement in my tank. I love the fish I have, but they generally only move at night and would love to see something swimming around mid level during the day. I just put the poly in so I want to wait 2-4 weeks anyway to get more fish as not to stress him. My water is pretty neutral at:
pH:7.0-7.1
GH: 2
KH: 8-9
Nitrate: 5-10 ppm (never more)
Nitrite: 0
Ammonia: 0
I do a 10% water change either everyday or every other day depending on my schedule.
So since I will be moving my others to another tank I guess just assume my 75 is empty and what could also go in my future 180
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On another note what would be eating my ghost shrimp? I put 16 in yesterday for my eel since my LFS ran out of live blackworms till monday and he won't eat anything else from my hand. My eel or poly doesn't look any plumper then yesterday and I can only find 2 of the shrimp so far! I don't imagine my sail fin eating them since he mostly just eats veggies I put in the tank every other day. Could my eel be eating them and not showing too much plumpness? I know it wasn't the poly because he is small enough that if he ate even one I would be able to tell.
Now onto my question. I would like a little more movement in my tank. I love the fish I have, but they generally only move at night and would love to see something swimming around mid level during the day. I just put the poly in so I want to wait 2-4 weeks anyway to get more fish as not to stress him. My water is pretty neutral at:
pH:7.0-7.1
GH: 2
KH: 8-9
Nitrate: 5-10 ppm (never more)
Nitrite: 0
Ammonia: 0
I do a 10% water change either everyday or every other day depending on my schedule.
So since I will be moving my others to another tank I guess just assume my 75 is empty and what could also go in my future 180
. On another note what would be eating my ghost shrimp? I put 16 in yesterday for my eel since my LFS ran out of live blackworms till monday and he won't eat anything else from my hand. My eel or poly doesn't look any plumper then yesterday and I can only find 2 of the shrimp so far! I don't imagine my sail fin eating them since he mostly just eats veggies I put in the tank every other day. Could my eel be eating them and not showing too much plumpness? I know it wasn't the poly because he is small enough that if he ate even one I would be able to tell.
But, now that I will have two tanks in the next few months I have many options.