deli_conker
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My africans outgrew my tank I suppose. Too much fighting. I don't have a problem with the occasional act of aggression, but the past week they have just gone absolutely crazy. Spinning around each other, chasing each other through every hiding place in the tank (I had plenty of them too). Two days ago there were several "face locks" and yesterday a couple were missing scales.
The scales were the final straw. I turned out the lights and covered the tank before work. When I got home I got them all out and kicked them to the curb. My LFS was more than happy to give them a home amongst others of their kind. I don't think I'm going to do africans again until I get a 220 gal that I am planning for in the future.
But on the bright side, I now have an empty 55 gal. I cleaned and filled it last night. The filter has plenty of bacteria in it and I'm going to keep it going with a little bit of raw shrimp while I get the rest of the tank put together. This time I'm going to do a community tank. Originally my 30 gal was going to be one, but now I think the 55 will have to do...
Here's the tentative list...
8-12 cardinal tetras
8-12 red phantom tetras
8-12 gold white cloud mountain minnows
2-3 powder blue dwarf gouramis
6-10 corys (not sure of type yet)
Any ideas or comments on the above are certainly welcome...
The scales were the final straw. I turned out the lights and covered the tank before work. When I got home I got them all out and kicked them to the curb. My LFS was more than happy to give them a home amongst others of their kind. I don't think I'm going to do africans again until I get a 220 gal that I am planning for in the future.
But on the bright side, I now have an empty 55 gal. I cleaned and filled it last night. The filter has plenty of bacteria in it and I'm going to keep it going with a little bit of raw shrimp while I get the rest of the tank put together. This time I'm going to do a community tank. Originally my 30 gal was going to be one, but now I think the 55 will have to do...
Here's the tentative list...
8-12 cardinal tetras
8-12 red phantom tetras
8-12 gold white cloud mountain minnows
2-3 powder blue dwarf gouramis
6-10 corys (not sure of type yet)
Any ideas or comments on the above are certainly welcome...