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These guys are filter feeders, sitting in the current, holding out fans to catch various debris to eat.
They're fun, odd, and peacefull all wrapped up together in one package. The clerk warned of them being fragile when we bought them. Well, of course they're fragile in the store with all the changing in's and out's of the store lifestyle. As with all invertebrates, they require stability. And, once home, and settled, they both grew nice colors which range from brown to red depending on mood, it seems, and that lovely stripe down their back.
Unfortunately, things haven't been going so great with other things.
Alec's 10 gallon tank has come alive marvelously. The plan to use used gravel from my tank, and used water from Kyles to fill it initially worked TREMENDOUSLY.
Put in a Betta immediately, and a couple of Neons a week later. 1 neon died on introduction (but where Alec dropped the bag, I was more shocked more didn't). His tank gets some direct sun in the mornings, though, and he had a NASTY case of algae going on. I decided to give a try to an old suckerfish we'd never had luck with.
The Otocinclus.
3 have STRIPPED the entire tank spotless, and are now having to be fed algae wafers! Makes me curious whether they'ld survive my tank...sure solve the more moderate algae problem we got in there, slowly coming under control.
Encouraged by the success of his Neons, we tried some, figuring if they turned into snacks, they could end up in Kyles tank. Nope. Snacks in mine, they didn't tolerate Kyle's either. That's more the carnage one expects from Neons...
Furthermore, the Paradise fish have continued to thin...we're down to 2. And, one of the sun Cat's suffered an injury and has passed. We're down to 1 of those (but not a big deal, remember, they get 18" and were going to have to be removed eventually).
So, it's mostly down to the angels and tetras.
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Silver and Black....fitting.
The Paradise Fish will likely be replaced by some Blue Gourami. I'ld like a couple more shrimps just for fun, and we'll need something to address the algae. (considering even more shrimps) Otherwise, it's just let those angels continue to grow.
