gigirod
Aquarium Advice Newbie
We have a fully cycled 56 gal tank with 7 Mickie Platies and 4 roseline barbs. Two days ago we bought two ghost catfish to add to the tank (they were the only two the store had at the time) knowing that they do better in groups, yesterday we went out and bought 3 more. When we first introduced them to the tank one started swimming with the barbs. It swam with them for a few hours and then went off on its own. We were hoping all five would immediately take to one another and start swimming around. Instead, we now have two that hide under a piece of drift wood, two that hide together under a shipwreck, and one that hides inside the boat. We're worried that they might die. They don't come out from their hiding spots, not even to eat. My husband has had to take long tweezers and put food in front of each group so that we know they eat. The other fish don't bother them.
My questions are: how do we get these guys to come out of their hiding spots? How do we get them to bond with each other? We thought of trying to catch them and putting them together in the small 5 gal tank we have just so they'd get used to one another. But it seems almost impossible to get them from where they're hiding. Any ideas? We're going nuts.
My questions are: how do we get these guys to come out of their hiding spots? How do we get them to bond with each other? We thought of trying to catch them and putting them together in the small 5 gal tank we have just so they'd get used to one another. But it seems almost impossible to get them from where they're hiding. Any ideas? We're going nuts.