hi everyone,
We are thinking of moving our royal panaque to a tank of her own (territoriality/mulm-volume issues).
She's 5-6 inches in body, will come out in the light if she sees the cories eating a shrimp pellet or to attack our other spotted pleco. He's nearly the same size now as her and seems to delight in 'jerking her chain', another reason for the move.
Our water has stayed steady at 6.8 and is quite soft.
So, what ideas have you for planning?
We think a 30G (16H x 36W x 12) will do, but can we get by with the 100W heater and the Penguin 170 we are currently using in the 15G?
We will move her favorite bogwood with her, but she 'produces' a lot of waste and woodshavings. What kind of substrate, if any, should we think about? We've seen a few pix of really bare tanks with pvc and a rock and some wood. We also know that the bio-filter in the gravel is necessary. Bigger size gravel?
Of what does their natural Amazon habitat consist? Fast-moving or quiet pools, planted or bare? i've never seen an Amano panaque tank, but his other tips are great, i wonder if anyone has heard of him doing one.
We plan on doing this in the next 2 wks.
We are thinking of moving our royal panaque to a tank of her own (territoriality/mulm-volume issues).
She's 5-6 inches in body, will come out in the light if she sees the cories eating a shrimp pellet or to attack our other spotted pleco. He's nearly the same size now as her and seems to delight in 'jerking her chain', another reason for the move.
Our water has stayed steady at 6.8 and is quite soft.
So, what ideas have you for planning?
We think a 30G (16H x 36W x 12) will do, but can we get by with the 100W heater and the Penguin 170 we are currently using in the 15G?
We will move her favorite bogwood with her, but she 'produces' a lot of waste and woodshavings. What kind of substrate, if any, should we think about? We've seen a few pix of really bare tanks with pvc and a rock and some wood. We also know that the bio-filter in the gravel is necessary. Bigger size gravel?
Of what does their natural Amazon habitat consist? Fast-moving or quiet pools, planted or bare? i've never seen an Amano panaque tank, but his other tips are great, i wonder if anyone has heard of him doing one.
We plan on doing this in the next 2 wks.