Changing Up The Archer Tank....

[roddy]

That would be interesting to see, never seen the dominant fish go that colour, wonder what that is connected to. I have something else with all of mine and it def seems to make a big difference to their general behaviour. Wait till the congos suss whats going on with the crickets and mealworms, they will give the archers a run for their money

 

[Shovelman]

That would be interesting to see, never seen the dominant fish go that colour, wonder what that is connected to. I have something else with all of mine and it def seems to make a big difference to their general behaviour. Wait till the congos suss whats going on with the crickets and mealworms, they will give the archers a run for their money

yeah haha im running out to get some crickets this weekend so should be interesting!

 

[Ranchu]

Ill make a video soon showing the dominant male and his behaviors.

Hey I wanna see this too

 

[Shovelman]

Ill make a video soon showing the dominant male and his behaviors.

Hey I wanna see this too

will do, need to clean the tank up a bit first....

 

[maurizio]

Hey shovelman,
seems like I'm following again your steps... Can't decide between a pair of kribs and some 6 Melanotenia Boesemani: what is your experience of the cohabitation of each of these species with your T. Microlepis?

Also, would you judge satisfactory the size of my tank, for 6 rainbows?

Cheers!

 

[sam52]

i have a 180 litre tank with an archer which ive had for over 2 years hes around 6 inches the water has always been freshwater and he thrives in it he looks forward to his grasshoppers and other fish food he follows me around the tank waiting for his hopper will post video an photos

 

[Shovelman]

Hey shovelman,
seems like I'm following again your steps... Can't decide between a pair of kribs and some 6 Melanotenia Boesemani: what is your experience of the cohabitation of each of these species with your T. Microlepis?

Also, would you judge satisfactory the size of my tank, for 6 rainbows?

Cheers!

Hey sorry for not responding, and rainbows should be fine! the archers just ignore them... though i cant say the same for the African butterfly fish...

If your tank is the 150g a nice group should be perfect but i don't know about them being in 1.002 sg... also i still recommend getting a group of 5 archers. buy 2 more and rearrange the tank before introduction to the other 3 that way their little social class can be reconstructed with the new guys

 

[maurizio]

Cheers,
thanks! And no hurry, I expect people to be on holidays this time of the year.

Yeah, the butterflies: I love how they look, but since they share the same swimming level of the archers, I believe it wouldn't work, so I never considered them: have you tried them? I saw them yesterday, my shop has them since ages.

I have 150 LITERS, unfortunately, not gallons... It's actually a 240 L, but as you know I do have plenty of air above the water! So, I'm afraid that with 6 rainbows I'll be done.

Also, from what I read they should do fine in low-end brackish like mine. But you know what? I'm soon getting new plants, I have T. microlepis...: why do I keep staying at SG 1.002? I'll go down to 1.001, that's not even brackish anymore! Just for the sake of the 5 surviving glassfishes (apparently it helps reducing their risk of infections), soon to be released in the Vallisneria forest.

Will post new pics when this big change, and mangrove position, will be done.

Cheers!

 

[Shovelman]

Cheers,
thanks! And no hurry, I expect people to be on holidays this time of the year.

Yeah, the butterflies: I love how they look, but since they share the same swimming level of the archers, I believe it wouldn't work, so I never considered them: have you tried them? I saw them yesterday, my shop has them since ages.

I have 150 LITERS, unfortunately, not gallons... It's actually a 240 L, but as you know I do have plenty of air above the water! So, I'm afraid that with 6 rainbows I'll be done.

Also, from what I read they should do fine in low-end brackish like mine. But you know what? I'm soon getting new plants, I have T. microlepis...: why do I keep staying at SG 1.002? I'll go down to 1.001, that's not even brackish anymore! Just for the sake of the 5 surviving glassfishes (apparently it helps reducing their risk of infections), soon to be released in the Vallisneria forest.

Will post new pics when this big change, and mangrove position, will be done.

Cheers!

Cant wait to see some pictures! And yeah sorry for misreading... thought it was gallons not liters...haha you should still be in the clear.

 

[crazyforcordoras]

*waits for pichers*

 

[Shovelman]

*waits for pichers*

....pichers?