waterlogged Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 I have rescaped my tank about a week ago and since then my angels have been hiding around the back most of the time. I've got the front 3rd of the tank open with sand and stone and the other 2 3rds planted with a big peice of wood in the middle. my last set up had the same as this just rearanged differently and they were out the front atleast half the time. Yet when i was in auckland for the summer these guys were out most the time and the tank was smaller with the same lighting filtration and more plants for them to hide in yet they wanted to hang at the front. There was also move movement infront of the tank up there. My panda corys have also decieded to hide from me since auckland when they were out to say hello alot. I was wondering what I could do to try to stop this This is what my tank looked like in Auckland ( 250L) Was more heavily planted when I got the angels This is my set up when I came back from Auckland (300L) This is mu current set up (300L) Tank stocking: 6 Angels 4 Kribs 3 SAE 6 Black widow tetras 12 aprox Panda coys 1 Zodiac loach 1 khuli loach So what can I do to get my pandas and angels back out again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-obstacle Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 I find if you've got open sand areas near the front the pandas will spend hours sifting it but as soon as you put too many stones in it they'll take comfort hiding in the planted areas. I suspect that's what's happened here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted May 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 ok i'll try that and see if it helps thanks. I don't want to take it all out though as it gives the panda fry places to hide with out being eaten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-obstacle Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Maybe just take the rocks off the top of the 2 sand areas in the front corners? Also - if the sand is course instead of smooth they won't spend much time on it. They love silica so might just take a bit of time to get used to the new stuff. Mine no longer bother trying to sift through the Daltons No.1. It looks like I'm going to go silica in the front again because of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted May 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 they used to not mind before they'd been in with silica lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted May 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 well the angels have been coming out along with my zodiac loach lol so i'll take what I can get. I'm thinking aout putting silica sand in but don't think it would look very good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-obstacle Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 did you try just removing the stones from the sand areas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted May 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 yea that whole front area and most of the left only have a few here and there. only the babies seem t6o want to come out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the-obstacle Posted May 3, 2011 Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 sweet. give it time I guess... good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted May 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2011 yea fingers crossed. Had everyone out today except the pandas. does anybody know if zodiac loaches are ok on their own? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 found out why my angels were hiding, 2 have spawn and i think the other 4 have paired off too. why can't I have community fish that don't want to breed. I know have Panda cories, Golden bristle noses and angels breeding and looks like my Kribs might be pairing off too :facepalm: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted May 5, 2011 Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 You're obviously doing something right :happy2: Is it a pair of black angels? My friends pair sold for $80 on trademe awhile ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterlogged Posted May 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 5, 2011 Na 2 of my Peruvian Altums, though the 2 blacks do seem to be paired 2. glad they didn't mix. would be hard to rehome the young. btw still got atleast 2 little fighter bouncing round with the rest :bounce: :happy2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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