I currently have a 135 that needs stocking.. o love pike and was wondering would a 135 hold 2 fire pike chiclid or is that too small for them?
Or woukd any other pike be better?
Or woukd any other pike be better?
It would be better to get 4 small ones and let them pair off naturally.pairing shoukd you try and get male/female or that doesn't matter?
It depends on size of the aquarium and specie of tankmates.for tank mates just them 2 or could I also add other chichlids/catfish or anything?
Ok then you would suggest then getting rid of the other 2 that don't pair?It would be better to get 4 small ones and let them pair off naturally.
It depends on size of the aquarium and specie of tankmates.
Those tannis on that site, are they just like driftwood pieces that add too the water? Just wanna make sure I do everything correctly if I decide to go this routeLugubris atabapo species easily get to around 16", so a bit large for a 135,
although just the two could be doable if you maintain a large every other water changes,
with water with parameters that are on the acidic side 3 to 6 pH, and very soft, and you are willing to add tannins
Rio AtabapoTannin Aquaticshttps://tanninaquatics.com › collections › rio-atabapo
That looks crazy cool though! Ok so they need those tannis in the water. Is there anyway to measure that? Or with tannis its kinda by looks? Yeah my well water sits around PH 7.0-7.5 naturallyDriftwood can be a source, leaf litter,on the substrate , and some aquarists use tea bags in HOB filters (like Rooibos).
or put bags of pure sphagnam peat moss in bags in filters or sumps.
If your tap water is too alkaline though, it may resist these type changes.
I did an experiment a while back using leaf litter, and gave up because my water was so alkaline, pH would not budge
Experiment w Almond Leaves
Just a while back, at the start of the rainy season my tank did become even more inundated with tannins, tannins that dripped off the surrounding vegetation.
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Even though I could barely see to the back of the tank, the tank was so inundated, because of my tap waters suffering capacity (alkalinity)
The pH only dropped from 8.2, to 8.