Hi guys,
I had a bit of a tank meltdown a few weeks ago after I introduced a Whiptail to my 180L tank with (apparently) to little time in the quarantine tank. All of my beloved Apistos died in about 24hrs followed by the whiptail, the only that was wrong that I could see was the last male had some fin rot (even cracked out the microscope and played at dissection).
Monster the port hoplo catfish is now all alone and misses hanging out with whatever she finds so I'm thinking of restocking options.
Its a 180L partially planted tank with sand substrate. The filter is an Aquis 1000.
I am definitely trying to get some more hoplos, maybe 4? Is there a particular m:f ration I should be going for?
As far as other fish go I'm open to suggestions, perhaps a school of something?
-Not looking for any more expensive fish just now, as much as I loved my apistos still have to balance life as a student...
Also, is anyone travelling from Auckland to Wellington who could pick me up some hoplos? Or has anyone had experience with shipping fish from hollywood fish farm? -they don't do live fish guarantee which is fair enough, I'm just wondering whether its worth the risk for the hoplos...
Thanks for reading !
Sam