QTOFFER
Aquarium Advice Addict
I just have no luck with these guys. They must not like me or my water. I bought six silver hatchets the other day and one was dead within 24 hours, four dead within 48. They look healthy - it's just that they drop dead. At least they were only a buck apiece. This is my third unsuccessful attempt to keep hatchets. There shall not be a fourth, I'm afraid - I'm giving up on these fish.
Now for some happier news. The other fish that I purchased along with the hatchets are doing great three days after acclimation. I got six corydoras paleatus, six bloodfin tetras, and 9 tiger barbs in my 29 gal along with some brilliant resboras. The tiger barbs are really cute - they're only 1/2 inch and just as ferocious at feeding time as my 2 inch tigers.
These are the first fish I have purchased in over a year. My tanks have been remarkably stable in terms of livestock except for my 29 gal. This tank has gone through algae hell for the past six months- you name it, I had it and eventually killed it.
The tigers will stay in the 29 gal along with the corys. The bloodfins and any surviving hatchets will go into the 58 gal in a few weeks.
Now for some happier news. The other fish that I purchased along with the hatchets are doing great three days after acclimation. I got six corydoras paleatus, six bloodfin tetras, and 9 tiger barbs in my 29 gal along with some brilliant resboras. The tiger barbs are really cute - they're only 1/2 inch and just as ferocious at feeding time as my 2 inch tigers.
These are the first fish I have purchased in over a year. My tanks have been remarkably stable in terms of livestock except for my 29 gal. This tank has gone through algae hell for the past six months- you name it, I had it and eventually killed it.
The tigers will stay in the 29 gal along with the corys. The bloodfins and any surviving hatchets will go into the 58 gal in a few weeks.