Hey folks, long time forum-lurker but first time poster here
I have got a 120 litre, fully cycled tank. I've set it up with about 5cm of coarse sand and a shed load of shells!
A friend of mine has been breeding Multi's (N. Multifasciatus) for a while now and he's getting overrun. I've taken 5 fry off his hands. Each of which has been somewhat adventurous and feeding independently. Of course, it's so tough to sex them; he thinks they were all the same 'batch' though and I've tried to pick one larger than most that could probably end up being a male and about 4 much smaller ones which I hope will turn out to be females. I hope I've done the right thing.
They are settling into the tank nicely and have been fed some frozen daphnia this evening and are extremely inquisitive, shuffling sand around the tank already making it their own.
In any case I can't help but think about the future of my tank as these 5 grow up and start (hopefully) spawning fry of their own.
Are there any common tank mates I can introduce at some stage? I understand that these fish will need to be adult before I can consider this so I shan't be rushing ahead. I just like to get on top of any and all homework I might need to do
Any advice will be welcome.
I have got a 120 litre, fully cycled tank. I've set it up with about 5cm of coarse sand and a shed load of shells!
A friend of mine has been breeding Multi's (N. Multifasciatus) for a while now and he's getting overrun. I've taken 5 fry off his hands. Each of which has been somewhat adventurous and feeding independently. Of course, it's so tough to sex them; he thinks they were all the same 'batch' though and I've tried to pick one larger than most that could probably end up being a male and about 4 much smaller ones which I hope will turn out to be females. I hope I've done the right thing.
They are settling into the tank nicely and have been fed some frozen daphnia this evening and are extremely inquisitive, shuffling sand around the tank already making it their own.
In any case I can't help but think about the future of my tank as these 5 grow up and start (hopefully) spawning fry of their own.
Are there any common tank mates I can introduce at some stage? I understand that these fish will need to be adult before I can consider this so I shan't be rushing ahead. I just like to get on top of any and all homework I might need to do
Any advice will be welcome.