Mazonic Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 i have two young torrents around 3-4cm long what would be the best food for them? i will put some photos up soon!!!! :bounce: Cheers Mason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted October 10, 2011 Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Cool Where did you get them from? Mine learnt to eat heart very fast. They love live food ie mosquito larvae, and mine eats FD bloodworms and krill well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazonic Posted October 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Tragic news :tears: this morning i woke up and one of the torrent was struggling to swin and slowy but surly kneeled over !!!! : :dead%fish the other one is still happy playing in the current So i think that it was the added stress of tank that pushed him over the edge!!!! R.I.P Torrent number 1 :facepalm: i need to find a friendly tank mate for my remaining torrent any ideas!??!!? Cheers mason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 mine lives with 2 female redfin and 2 common ans 1 crain's bullies, with a small koura in there as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Sorry for your loss So did it die within a day of coming into captivity? Any other symptoms? How recently was the tank set up? Any medications/salt? Ox heart is certainly handy. Torries are a laugh to watch when learning how to take food from the water column, they get the idea eventually but it takes weeks! (due to their undercut jaw and normal habit of taking food from the substrate) I wouldn't put them with seriously aggressive fish like bandeds or giant kokopu, as they will get totally outcompeted. Should be ok with bullies, inanga etc, as long as they are similar sizes. I imagine a large bully would beat them to the food every time. I find torries are not competitive or territorial (not aggressively so anyway) with each other or with different species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazonic Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Yea stella within a Day!!!! :tears: I had the tank set-up with a strong/ very fast flow for a week cycling!!! it had big rocks and a big filter!!!!! could it be that it was quite young???? only about 3cm long??!?!?!? Can you feed them bloodworms? i would like to get some bigger torrents or maybe just grow this guy up ???? will he be okay by himself??? cheers mason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueether Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 As Stella said they can be out competed for food by faster/bigger fish, all the bullies that are in with mine are small. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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