Tropheus tank
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Sounds like you're going to put these Troph's to their death march.
The absolute minimum for Troph's is a 4' long tank. All of the filtration in the world isn't going to matter...it's the AREA that they need. They will get stressed out extremely easy in that small of a tank.
As for the poster who says they have years of experience with T's and gets bloat..you are doing something wrong. I, as well, have a lot of experience with T's and although I always have Metro on hand I never have battles with bloat.
Sorry to be so negative...just sounds like you are going to possibly kill a really nice, and expensive, group of beautiful fish.
The absolute minimum for Troph's is a 4' long tank. All of the filtration in the world isn't going to matter...it's the AREA that they need. They will get stressed out extremely easy in that small of a tank.
As for the poster who says they have years of experience with T's and gets bloat..you are doing something wrong. I, as well, have a lot of experience with T's and although I always have Metro on hand I never have battles with bloat.
Sorry to be so negative...just sounds like you are going to possibly kill a really nice, and expensive, group of beautiful fish.
I really want to thank everyone for their advice whether it seems positive or negative. What I really like most of all is the fact that ya'll are actually taking the time to help me out with this. I am gonna take everything that ya"ll told me into consideration and see what happens.
moonchild1970;3692243; said:
This is not an accurate statement. Other factors affect susceptibility to bloat.
I have another question, not sure if this is the right place for it. I have been reading alot about how when you first get your tropheus in you need to keep them "hungry" for the first two weeks. What exactly do they mean when they say that?
chrispeno;3694402; said:
Although that quote is absolutely correct for Wild Caught Troph's, in some cases it works for tank raised as well.
Troph's can become easily stressed.
When they are being moved from one environment to the next one of the best things to do is not feed them for about 24-72 hours. Over the next two weeks the feedings should be small...once per day will be fine. After that two-a-days and then three-a-days work, along with one day per week where they are not fed at all.
I feed my Trophs a quality spirulina flake along with NLS pellets.
Growing algae on the rocks is very important. I have also added plastic plants so that algae will grow on these and the Trophs will have more to graze on.
I believe that is because tropheus get bloat easily. They think that while adjusting they need to be starved to present bloat. I do not follow this plan. I do not over feed, since they are a little stressed (another contributor to bloat) but I do not starve.
Thanks fischfan13 for clearing up the question of keeping them hungry. I have done cichlids before but never heard of having to do that before. Mike, I also wanted to thank you for heloing out with the bloat situation that was gonna be my next set of questions.
