I current have 3 tanks set up: 6 Gallon Edge: 2 Dwarf Puffers 10 Gallon: Tangerine Crayfish (was supposed to be a dwarf according to LFS - it isn't) 75 Gallon: 3 Danios (was a group of 10), 7 Emerald Green Cory, 4 Oto's, 2 Angelfish (juvenile), 1 Clown Pleco, 1 Apistogramma Borelli, 1 Dwarf Gourami, 2 mystery snails, 1 apple snail, 1 dwarf Mexican crayfish So - after seeing a what I thought was a crack in my 75 gallon (it's a scratch), I toyed with starting my 44 gallon back up. So I purchased everything I need for it but I'm stuck on how I want to split my stock. I definitely want the Oto's and Angels in different tanks. As the angels grow, I fear the oto's will end up a snack. I'm thinking thing: 2 Angels, Danios, Dwarf Goruami, Dwarf Mexican Crayfish in the 44. Keep everyone else in the 75 and possibly purchase 3 - 4 more Borelli for the 75. Any suggestions?
You have some temperature incompatibilities I would do this 44 (Warmer tank) 2 Angels 1 Clown pleco dwarf Mexican crayfish 75 (cooler tank) 6 Danios 7 Cories 6 otos 2 Apisto Borelli 1 DG
I'm not doing any more danios or otoclinus. I haven't had good luck with either. I'm under the impression my LFS only breeds danios as feeder fish and the ones I have gotten never last long. I know angels breed more prolific in warmer water but my tank is at 77F right now - they seem fine. Is clown pleco warmer temp fish? Will the dwarf crayfish pick on the pleco when it grows? Finally - dg is fine in the 75 right now but if I decide to spawn Borelli down the road it c will be an issue.
Yes, clown plecos are warmer temps. DGs are fine at 75, imo. I would be more worried about the crayfish being eaten than the pleco getting picked on, personally.
So everything arrived to get the 44 gallon going again - then I noticed a crack in the seam of the 44. Ugh. It's not repairable - easily anyway. So, to the curb it goes. I checked Petsmart and my local one had a great deal on a 36 gallon bowfront ensemble. So that's what's getting set up. Seeing I had to fork over the money for that, the rest of this is on the cheap. Other than the substrate and aquaclear filter I had delivered today - everything else for this tank is stuff I had sitting around. Eheim Jager Heater, tetra airpump, fake plants, small stones., teracota planters, and one fake piece of driftwood. I will obviously need real driftwood if I plan on bringing the Clown Pleco over. For now - everything is setup and I'm taking some of the bio media from one of my canister filters and putting it in the Aquaclear. I threw in some freeze dried shrimp (the big ones) for an ammonia source - my preferred method seeing I can't find pure ammonia around here and flake food makes a mess. Hopefully I can move the angels and CPO over in a few weeks. Thanks everyone for your suggestions! {}
