Baby Tigrinus???

[Kingrancher2011]

So i'm getting some baby Tigrinus and I heard there very hard to keep when there baby's. I'm getting 3 of them for a awesome deal. So I wanna be successful and don't wanna lose the little guys any advise to keeping them alive and are they fast growers when there babies and slow down once they get bigger. Also how hard is it to get them Pellet trained what are the steps, and the perfect water Temperature?

 

[plecoking2010]

May I ask where you got them. Trying to find one myself

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

KR: So i'm getting some baby Tigrinus and I heard there very hard to keep when there baby's.
TBTB: IDK how little you are talking but generally I don't have the same impression about 2"-3"-ers.

KR: I'm getting 3 of them for a awesome deal. So I wanna be successful and don't wanna lose the little guys any advise to keeping them alive
TBTB: Pristine, highly aerated water, no tank mates (much easier to feed), no live feeders. They will fight, could get bad; they are pronouncedly more aggressive-territorial than other Brachies, e.g. juruense, and much, much more aggressive than rousseauxii, capapretum, IME, filamentosum in the experience of other keepers.

KR: and are they fast growers when there babies and slow down once they get bigger.
TBTB: When on proper feeding regimen, roughly 1" a month until ~10", slows down ~ twice from there to 12"-16", and much slower thereafter. YMMV.

KR: Also how hard is it to get them Pellet trained what are the steps,
TBTB: It appears more often than not they refuse pellets offered straightaway. I'd feed them bloodworms and/or blackworms first until they firmly take to them, then soak / rub the pellets in the worms / worm juices.

KR: and the perfect water Temperature?
TBTB: IDK if such exists. Around 80 F appears fine.

 

[shookONES]

Keep them separate, keep them fat, keep them warm, and keep them well aerated. Its really as simple as that.

 

[Kingrancher2011]

KR: So i'm getting some baby Tigrinus and I heard there very hard to keep when there baby's.
TBTB: IDK how little you are talking but generally I don't have the same impression about 2"-3"-ers.

KR: I'm getting 3 of them for a awesome deal. So I wanna be successful and don't wanna lose the little guys any advise to keeping them alive
TBTB: Pristine, highly aerated water, no tank mates (much easier to feed), no live feeders. They will fight, could get bad; they are pronouncedly more aggressive-territorial than other Brachies, e.g. juruense, and much, much more aggressive than rousseauxii, capapretum, IME, filamentosum in the experience of other keepers.

KR: and are they fast growers when there babies and slow down once they get bigger.
TBTB: When on proper feeding regimen, roughly 1" a month until ~10", slows down ~ twice from there to 12"-16", and much slower thereafter. YMMV.

KR: Also how hard is it to get them Pellet trained what are the steps,
TBTB: It appears more often than not they refuse pellets offered straightaway. I'd feed them bloodworms and/or blackworms first until they firmly take to them, then soak / rub the pellets in the worms / worm juices.

KR: and the perfect water Temperature?
TBTB: IDK if such exists. Around 80 F appears fine.

Thank you for all your help. I'm pretty sure they are like 2" or 3" long so would it be ok to just put them in a tank by them selves for now until they get bigger?

 

[jsodwi]

As stated well aerated clean water but do small water changes so temp doesn't flutuate much. No other tank mates. Live black or bloodworms to start putting some weight on them. Then introduce small pieces or cut up frozen food. Once they start getting bigger I would definately separate them one will start doninating the other quickly.