youknowho
Aquarium Advice Newbie
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- Oct 24, 2011
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Is it normal for CPDs to stay in the bottom half of the tank? I added 7 of them to my 20 gal a few days ago and I'm wondering if they're still getting settled or if it's normal for them to stay in the bottom half of the aquarium. I already have african dwarf frogs in this tank so I was hoping the CPDs would swim higher and all of my fish wouldn't be on the bottom
The tank has 1 hollow rock, 1 medium silk plant and 2 large silk plants that go up to all but the last couple inches of the water column, so there is enough hiding space for them. I wondered if the current from the Penguin 150 Bio-Wheel filter was too strong for them, but they swim through it just fine.
When I feed the CPDs they don't come up to the surface to get the food, they wait for it to sink most of the way down too. Is there anything I can do to encourage them to swim higher in the tank? Maybe a silk plant that is tall enough to go to the surface and gives them even more cover?
The tank has 1 hollow rock, 1 medium silk plant and 2 large silk plants that go up to all but the last couple inches of the water column, so there is enough hiding space for them. I wondered if the current from the Penguin 150 Bio-Wheel filter was too strong for them, but they swim through it just fine.
When I feed the CPDs they don't come up to the surface to get the food, they wait for it to sink most of the way down too. Is there anything I can do to encourage them to swim higher in the tank? Maybe a silk plant that is tall enough to go to the surface and gives them even more cover?