I recently got a 6" motoro female from Vamptrev on Sunday (she's gorgeous by the way!). She was in great shape when she arrived, and was eating nightcrawlers with Trev.
She went into my 125g predator tank, which has a pike cichlid, 5 gar, an indo datnoid, a red snook, a channel cat, a pearsii, 2 climbing perch, and 3 crayfish. Most of the fish are still fairly small, and the channel cat and 3 of the gar are going out into my pond once its finished.
The pike appears to have been picking on the stingray the first 2 days (she's the most dominant/aggressive fish in the tank), since she had a few bite marks around her disc, and she doesn't explore the tank at all. As far as I can tell, she stays in the same corner of the tank all day and night.
She also hasn't been eating much, only a small piece or two of cut up earthworm, before the other fish discover it and eat it. She isn't showing a whole lot of interest just yet, which I'm attributing to the possible bullying by the pike.
My main question is, should I move her over to my south american community tank? It's also 125g., its planted, and has angelfish, tetras, a couple geo's, some rams, cories, a black ghost knife, and a dragon goby. I think she's less likely to get picked on in this tank, as well as have a better chance of getting her earthworms before the others eat them.
Should I move her over to the other tank? Or should I wait it out till the end of the week and see if she gets her appetite back? She's not skinny or anything, I just haven't seen her eat very much, and she looks kind of scared to venture out of her corner.
(And yes, I know she is going to way outgrow this tank. I am planning to build a large footprint tank with just her in mind, hopefully next summer or fall. She's got plenty of time in the 125g tank before then.)
She went into my 125g predator tank, which has a pike cichlid, 5 gar, an indo datnoid, a red snook, a channel cat, a pearsii, 2 climbing perch, and 3 crayfish. Most of the fish are still fairly small, and the channel cat and 3 of the gar are going out into my pond once its finished.
The pike appears to have been picking on the stingray the first 2 days (she's the most dominant/aggressive fish in the tank), since she had a few bite marks around her disc, and she doesn't explore the tank at all. As far as I can tell, she stays in the same corner of the tank all day and night.
She also hasn't been eating much, only a small piece or two of cut up earthworm, before the other fish discover it and eat it. She isn't showing a whole lot of interest just yet, which I'm attributing to the possible bullying by the pike.
My main question is, should I move her over to my south american community tank? It's also 125g., its planted, and has angelfish, tetras, a couple geo's, some rams, cories, a black ghost knife, and a dragon goby. I think she's less likely to get picked on in this tank, as well as have a better chance of getting her earthworms before the others eat them.
Should I move her over to the other tank? Or should I wait it out till the end of the week and see if she gets her appetite back? She's not skinny or anything, I just haven't seen her eat very much, and she looks kind of scared to venture out of her corner.
(And yes, I know she is going to way outgrow this tank. I am planning to build a large footprint tank with just her in mind, hopefully next summer or fall. She's got plenty of time in the 125g tank before then.)
