Red wolf fish tank setup

[The guy of fish]

Hi, I have a forty breeder and will get a red wolf fish once my LFS opens back up and orders the fish. How should I set up the tank.
Sand or gravel
What kind of decor natural or artificial
What to feed it
How to not over feed it
Floating plants or not
What kind of filter(internal, sponge, or HOB)
What color sand or gravel compliments it best
How to feed it(tongs or drop food in)

 

[tlindsey]

https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/red-wolf-fish-care.662500/

Hi, I have a forty breeder and will get a red wolf fish once my LFS opens back up and orders the fish. How should I set up the tank.
Sand or gravel
What kind of decor natural or artificial
What to feed it
How to not over feed it
Floating plants or not
What kind of filter(internal, sponge, or HOB)
What color sand or gravel compliments it best
How to feed it(tongs or drop food in)

Hope this helps

 

[The guy of fish]

It helped a little but doesn’t say what to feed, the type of substrate, type of filter, what color substrate, how to feed it. It mainly talked about if the tank can hold it and not to feed live food

 

[kno4te]

Can feed massivore, carnisticks, nls chopped up fish etc. Best would be a pellet. Pellet like massivore will do. Can just drop it in the tank. Plants are optional but keep the tank covered. Dark sand will help to color it up. Any kind of filtration will do.

 

[tlindsey]

It helped a little but doesn’t say what to feed, the type of substrate, type of filter, what color substrate, how to feed it. It mainly talked about if the tank can hold it and not to feed live food

Filter a Aquaclear 110 will be fine.
Substrate personal choice most prefer sand.
Food can be trained to except Pellets, Freeze dried or Frozen Krill, Chopped up peices of Tilapia can be offered. A darker substrate or Background will bring out the color. The lighting will also make a difference.

 

[The guy of fish]

Should I start it out in a smaller tank then put it in the 40 or just start it in the 40

 

[kno4te]

Should I start it out in a smaller tank then put it in the 40 or just start it in the 40

Straight to the 40g is fine.

 

[The guy of fish]

Could I put driftwood caves or would that lower the ph too much

 

[kno4te]

Could I put driftwood caves or would that lower the ph too much

It’ll be fine to add. Won’t Lower the ph much.

 

[The guy of fish]

Also, can it eat giant danios I had to put all my gosh in that tank just to hold them while I move my other tank and I can’t catch the danios now. I don’t even want them but I can’t bring them to my fish store as it is closed and they don’t like if you bring in a fish species they don’t sell.