I am definitely gonna start preparations to host a cool down period. However, I really dont wanna remove my CL's as I have had them for so long and they are a great group. I believe the BN plecos can tolerate the cool down. I also have my wifes mutany parrot fish in there as well. I would think they may be able to tolerate it as well as long as I do it slowly. I already dropped my tank from 80' to 76'. Any other suggestions in regards to my CL's. I suppose I could setup a 20 long for several onths for the other tankmates.
As I stated earlier, Jeff Rapps suggested that these particular fish do not require a cool down period as they have been TR several generations. I recently reached out to him in regards to this very concern. I ama hoping that there is some truth to this. However, if not, I will have consider a temporary tank for the other tankmates.
I am feeding these guys bloodworms, NLS 1mm pellets, algae wafers, and Hikari gold. Any other suggestions?