DB, considering pawning off the car and gf first... joking aside, sincerly hope you can continue the monster fish chronicles. I enjoy your discussions and enthusiasm.
never kept a cyno.
odoes from what i can tell are fish to fish. mine are ok crowded together with dorados and 2 crencichlas. could be the crowding (jap theory. though i highly suspect the stocking is done only for photo shoots). On the other hand when had them in ample space together with pbass/tarpon and seperately with atf, they minded their own. Significant other keepers report aggressive behavior.
dorados generally can go with anything as long as infighting can be abated which I think you've succeeded in doing. other way around is the challenge. when had them with ATF, there constant random bumping and swiming sent atfs crashing around.
armatus should be fine unless specifically targeted. with ample space, they do their side step thing and square back to position.
aro i'd say definitely introduce, does seem to have a calming affect in every application I've tried. no one should mess with it as long as it's of size.
if time bomb doesn't go ka-boom, the other fish (dunno about cyno) will outgrow the odoes in a few months.
Commend your non-live conversion regiment. Feeders have always served well as disposable dithers for me which i guess fortunately/unfortunately isnt an alternative for you. Curious did you notice less aggression post non-live conversion vs before in situation where the fish are hungry?
I'm not sure whether bare bottom or "decorated" would be better in this application. I've always provided hiding and territories, found this to help more than not. As long as there's enough space to allow enough plots/terrirtories. Tall wide structures that can break off a fight because vision of the aggressor fish is impaired.
Current flow helps much like dithers do, gives the fish one more thing to deal with. In my tank i've got decor positioned so that there's areas of the tank where currents are slower. arrow, odoes and armatus appreciate this. dorados will move around irrespective but with less ease.
Good luck and look forward to your findings! stay warm.
never kept a cyno.
odoes from what i can tell are fish to fish. mine are ok crowded together with dorados and 2 crencichlas. could be the crowding (jap theory. though i highly suspect the stocking is done only for photo shoots). On the other hand when had them in ample space together with pbass/tarpon and seperately with atf, they minded their own. Significant other keepers report aggressive behavior.
dorados generally can go with anything as long as infighting can be abated which I think you've succeeded in doing. other way around is the challenge. when had them with ATF, there constant random bumping and swiming sent atfs crashing around.
armatus should be fine unless specifically targeted. with ample space, they do their side step thing and square back to position.
aro i'd say definitely introduce, does seem to have a calming affect in every application I've tried. no one should mess with it as long as it's of size.
if time bomb doesn't go ka-boom, the other fish (dunno about cyno) will outgrow the odoes in a few months.
Commend your non-live conversion regiment. Feeders have always served well as disposable dithers for me which i guess fortunately/unfortunately isnt an alternative for you. Curious did you notice less aggression post non-live conversion vs before in situation where the fish are hungry?
I'm not sure whether bare bottom or "decorated" would be better in this application. I've always provided hiding and territories, found this to help more than not. As long as there's enough space to allow enough plots/terrirtories. Tall wide structures that can break off a fight because vision of the aggressor fish is impaired.
Current flow helps much like dithers do, gives the fish one more thing to deal with. In my tank i've got decor positioned so that there's areas of the tank where currents are slower. arrow, odoes and armatus appreciate this. dorados will move around irrespective but with less ease.
Good luck and look forward to your findings! stay warm.
... could not sleep right till I got rid of the 14" GATF
