African Tiger Fish (Hydrocynus) ID and Care Guide 3.0

[glencch]

Keep in mind if the teach fish is small enough they will try to eat it or right out kill it because he is getting hungry

Ah... Thanks. Will try Frontosa..I don't think I can get Silver Dollars

 

[Darryl Taylor]

Ah... Thanks. Will try Frontosa..I don't think I can get Silver Dollars

I personally like frontosa. So when my tigers out grow them I’ll move to a different tank. They can be high in price compared to other fish people use as teachers. You have to be prepared to lose a teacher if the tigers get hungry and act stubborn

 

[glencch]

I personally like frontosa. So when my tigers out grow them I’ll move to a different tank. They can be high in price compared to other fish people use as teachers. You have to be prepared to lose a teacher if the tigers get hungry and act stubborn

Thanks. ??

 

[glencch]

Found some silver dollars, couldn't find those frontosas... So trying out Silver Dollars with Tinfoils with the ATFs.
Any idea what algae eaters i should put with the ATFs?

 

[glencch]

Need help here. One of my juvenile ATF is swimming very awkwardly. I think it's sick

 

[glencch]

Need help here. One of my juvenile ATF is swimming very awkwardly. I think it's sick

 

[Darryl Taylor]

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Damn sorry for your lost. Okay what was the water levels like

 

[glencch]

Damn sorry for your lost. Okay what was the water levels like

Did a 50% water change and added a sponge filter and a canister filter. Ammonia just spiked to 0.5ppm. And the next thing, my fish became ill the next day and died within hours. ?

 

[glencch]

Another VATF died.
The water levels has since stabilized with nitrates and ammonia at 0, and the rest (4 VATFs, 4 Tinfoils and a Sailfin) are all doing fine. PH however is still relatively low at 5.8. ?

 

[Matteus]

Another VATF died.
The water levels has since stabilized with nitrates and ammonia at 0, and the rest (4 VATFs, 4 Tinfoils and a Sailfin) are all doing fine. PH however is still relatively low at 5.8. ?

I’m not an expert by any means but I think the 5.8 ph did much more damage than .5 ammonia.

I suspect there is something else at play if your ph crashed that low, it most likely was a build up of something rather than a sudden spike….

sorry for your loss