This could be a winner for me. What else to have in the tank that kind of keeps them towards the top?
What top dweller's can I get with stock?
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Tankmates include, female - unfaded Red Texas Cichlid, several Firemouths and a juvenile Flowerhorn.
are lampeyes the same as red eyes? they are good top dwellers, but it takes a while for them to get respectable size and even then i doubt they would stay alive long with a texas and flowerhorn around...
Red Eyes and Lamp Eyes are the same. They get along fine with my adult Texas, Firemouths and juvenile FH. Not all situations are the same. Other fish of the same species might just rip up a school of Red Eyes in another tank. You never know until you try.
Any one of the following would work I think
Pink tail or yellow fin chalceus singleton
School of 12 giant danios
6 rasbora maculatus (my suggestion)
Pink tail or yellow fin chalceus singleton
School of 12 giant danios
6 rasbora maculatus (my suggestion)
With any fast swimming schools of fish. Just gotta keep an eye to make sure lower level fish gets enough food. That’s the problem I ran into with my 17 giant danios. They’re super fats and ate everything before the other fish got a chance.
Yeah this is true but what I did to solve this issue is grab a handful of flakes and stick my arm in the water and push the flakes to the bottom. naturally some will rise but a lot would sink. At the moment to get my bottom feeders food I'm using this same method but I'm noticing tiny flakes that are floating to the top and no one is eating it therefore raising my nitrates.
I think a true top dweller like a hatchet fish may be the best option.
I’ve never thought about doing that with the flakes. I just usually feed flakes first then throw sinking pellets on the other side.
