I've sadly had to rehome a few of my fish, but I think in the end it made life better for everyone in the tank. I took my Rainbow Shark to a locally operated aquarium/fish store after speaking with them, and they said they could take him. Here's to hoping someone gives him a good home! My angelfish were given a new home with someone, along with the gourami. (I rehomed them because they were being bullied by my Electric blue acara, and i just couldn't give him up).
I made a lot of mistakes when i first started keeping fish, and me and my fish have paid for a few of them, so I'm hoping I can rectify all this. I've completely redone my two biggest tanks. They were both semi-aggressive, but now I only have one semi-aggressive tank after rehoming. One now has 3 Ryukin goldfish in it, and I wouldn't dare get anymore, haha. They're messy things.
Alright that was lots of talking. Now here's the point of all this.
Since I had lots of room now in my semi-aggressive tank, I decided to get one last fish. I ended up falling for an albino Bichir, and he is in the tank now as of today, and I've been trying to monitor it a little bit. My acara is totally interested in what the Bichir is doing. He'll watch it stick it's head into things and when it leaves, he'll try to stick his head into whatever the Bichir was. (He's almost gotten himself stuck a few times, lol)
What I AM concerned about are the tiger barbs. They've killed a fish or two before, and they're REALLY interested in this wiggly thing I put into the tank. They're sticking together and watching him closely. They haven't nipped at the Bichir (yet), but I'm not sure what will happen overnight once the lights are off.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I would rather that my Bichir didn't get injured in the first 24 hours he's in the tank. Maybe I'm just being overly cautious?
I made a lot of mistakes when i first started keeping fish, and me and my fish have paid for a few of them, so I'm hoping I can rectify all this. I've completely redone my two biggest tanks. They were both semi-aggressive, but now I only have one semi-aggressive tank after rehoming. One now has 3 Ryukin goldfish in it, and I wouldn't dare get anymore, haha. They're messy things.
Alright that was lots of talking. Now here's the point of all this.
Since I had lots of room now in my semi-aggressive tank, I decided to get one last fish. I ended up falling for an albino Bichir, and he is in the tank now as of today, and I've been trying to monitor it a little bit. My acara is totally interested in what the Bichir is doing. He'll watch it stick it's head into things and when it leaves, he'll try to stick his head into whatever the Bichir was. (He's almost gotten himself stuck a few times, lol)
What I AM concerned about are the tiger barbs. They've killed a fish or two before, and they're REALLY interested in this wiggly thing I put into the tank. They're sticking together and watching him closely. They haven't nipped at the Bichir (yet), but I'm not sure what will happen overnight once the lights are off.
Does anyone have any suggestions? I would rather that my Bichir didn't get injured in the first 24 hours he's in the tank. Maybe I'm just being overly cautious?
