Fahaka, tank mates( food reserves)
Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2020 2:20 pm
Hi All,
I myself just picked up a baby 2” motha fahaka. 220 gallon 3 fx6 filters, established tank with lots of rams and pond snails,(unfortunately some mts I’ve tried to get rid of. I have separate breed tank for snails and scuds/shrimp. Now my question is what will survive the longest that can live with him? Only answers I ever find is “Nothing”. I had 2 figure 8’s with silver moons, archers and dragon goby at one time with no issues. Now the fahaka is a way bigger fish true, so my thoughts are cheap fish that restocking if he likes to eat is no biggie, Neon tetra, danio the smaller ones now as I’m sure the large would bully him, some tetras, guppies, maybe mollies, sword tail. Neon tetra I know are slow and would get picked off the fastest, but what about when he/she is 1’ would it even bother with a crumb sized snack? If anyone with experience with fahaka and dither fish, not so much larger fish as I feel it takes away from there interactions with you, could chime in I’d appreciate it, Cheers.
I myself just picked up a baby 2” motha fahaka. 220 gallon 3 fx6 filters, established tank with lots of rams and pond snails,(unfortunately some mts I’ve tried to get rid of. I have separate breed tank for snails and scuds/shrimp. Now my question is what will survive the longest that can live with him? Only answers I ever find is “Nothing”. I had 2 figure 8’s with silver moons, archers and dragon goby at one time with no issues. Now the fahaka is a way bigger fish true, so my thoughts are cheap fish that restocking if he likes to eat is no biggie, Neon tetra, danio the smaller ones now as I’m sure the large would bully him, some tetras, guppies, maybe mollies, sword tail. Neon tetra I know are slow and would get picked off the fastest, but what about when he/she is 1’ would it even bother with a crumb sized snack? If anyone with experience with fahaka and dither fish, not so much larger fish as I feel it takes away from there interactions with you, could chime in I’d appreciate it, Cheers.