No, angels or other cichlids would be. Catfish too.After I put in the new pleco cave I noticed the male pleco has already got a batch of eggs in the awkward area of the driftwood where he had eggs before. he is busy fanning the eggs and we will see if anything comes about. Would the Cory cats be one of the prime predators to the babies? If this is the case I might consider moving them out.
I removed the two hoplo cats which were at least 3 1/2" and very hungry fish. I have the one angel and gourami but they seem to avoid the bottom of the tank. Most of the Monk tetras stay towards the top except for a weird oddball that will not school and hides under the plants in the lower part of the tank. I see it dart out to eat falling food, never really seen it go after the smaller plecos but you never know. just trying to get a successful spawn... well more successful than four, lol. I forgot about the green phantom pleco, it might eggs/fry on opportunity. I need to move that one out to the the 65B anyway.No, angels or other cichlids would be. Catfish too.
Plecos won’t prey on the young. The angel and gourami will for sure.I removed the two hoplo cats which were at least 3 1/2" and very hungry fish. I have the one angel and gourami but they seem to avoid the bottom of the tank. Most of the Monk tetras stay towards the top except for a weird oddball that will not school and hides under the plants in the lower part of the tank. I see it dart out to eat falling food, never really seen it go after the smaller plecos but you never know. just trying to get a successful spawn... well more successful than four, lol. I forgot about the green phantom pleco, it might eggs/fry on opportunity. I need to move that one out to the the 65B anyway.
Going along with the post from @fishguy1978, the picture of the tank.Not mine. Keeper is from Singapore. Thought @sir_keith would appreciate the xeno’s in a 600g.
600 gallon Tanganyikan community tank
I've been in the hobby since I was a kid, and more seriously over the past 15 or so years, but focused mainly on the South American cichlid side of things, with a brief 3-4 year foray into reefing. I've kept quite a variety of SA cichlids including discus, all 3 species of angels, apistogramma...www.monsterfishkeepers.com
Not mine. Keeper is from Singapore. Thought @sir_keith would appreciate the xeno’s in a 600g.
600 gallon Tanganyikan community tank
I've been in the hobby since I was a kid, and more seriously over the past 15 or so years, but focused mainly on the South American cichlid side of things, with a brief 3-4 year foray into reefing. I've kept quite a variety of SA cichlids including discus, all 3 species of angels, apistogramma...www.monsterfishkeepers.com
Going along with the post from @fishguy1978, the picture of the tank.
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Love that background! So realistic!
I’m not on CF much if at all anymore. Glad to hear you are the one directing him.Actually, I was the one who suggested those fishes...
This is his first Tanganyikan tank, and if you go to this thread on the Cichlid Forum (https://www.cichlid-forum.com/threads/advice-setting-up-a-600gal-tanga-comm.462967/, currently 108 posts and counting), you will see that I've spent quite a bit of time trying to give him good advice. So far, so good.
I feel a bit of a connection here, as my girlfriend grew up in Singapore, and I recognized the Singapore flag on his posts (CF automatically assigns you a flag based on your location, whether you like it or not)...
You could do a school of dwarf puffers in one of those tanksWith multiple tanks going it has allowed me to keep species that required their own tanks like my hairy puffer and my red wolf fish. While this has been fun, I have been getting tired of some of these 'solo' inhabitants, well not 100% solo in the sense that some have a pleco tankmate.
The fish right now that just do not merit a tank to themselves?
My red wolf, does nothing but hide in a log decoration. Do I remove the log and rescape the tank so I can see it more? Will the fish then become skittish? I have even thought of moving him into the 300, but unsure as to his aggressive nature if it will be an issue. Not sure what to do with him... his 65B tank looks absolutely barren.
My other fish that I question having a tank to itself is my Trimac. This fish is an F1 but in every way acts like a wild caught fish. Not very interactive, very leery, not even food based in interactions, in fact barely eats and has not shown the growth I would expect from this type of cichlid. Very boring fish, not what I expected at all.
My other 'solo' fish like the hairy puffer and oscar are awesome. Very outgoing and food driven so they interact and are active with me in the room. In fact both of these are wild caught fishes but you wouldnt know it by the way they act.
So I am questioning my stocking choices for these two tanks and am considering other options. Either a different solo fish, or possibly a 'community' set up with something like a severum as a main focus fish and surround it with smaller inhabitants.
Just getting bored with a couple of these fish, sharing my frustration with the group. If you guys have any suggestions for what you would do with a 90 gallon or 65B as to fishes, please feel free to comment.
I had not considered these. I like the pea puffers but Im more a fan of the Carinotetraodon irrubesco or red-eyed puffer instead. Of course for me the ultimate would be a group of Tetraodon schoutedeni or the spotted Congo puffer but at $200+ a fish, this would be one expensive little school. I wish there was a nice active, freshwater puff, kind of like a Fahaka that would only stay about 10" max...You could do a school of dwarf puffers in one of those tanks
You could do dwarf Amazon puffs as they are more reasonably pricedI had not considered these. I like the pea puffers but Im more a fan of the Carinotetraodon irrubesco or red-eyed puffer instead. Of course for me the ultimate would be a group of Tetraodon schoutedeni or the spotted Congo puffer but at $200+ a fish, this would be one expensive little school. I wish there was a nice active, freshwater puff, kind of like a Fahaka that would only stay about 10" max...
Those are very awesome looking but known tooth issue fish. Very common to have to catch them and manually cut/file down teeth. They dont keep the teeth in check with just diet alone. I think the Avocado puffer can be done as groups and are not known to have tooth issues. But these are super aggressive, dont think I could do any other fish with them.You could do dwarf Amazon puffs as they are more reasonably priced