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Well I decided to get another Fahaka, en route tomorrow! Mine got sick and I literally helped him kick the bucket! RIP fata$$
Anyway so I got a 2" lil wee one en route and Ive never cared for a baby Fahaka. I got fata$$ @ 5"s long. So I was just wondering if anybody has any suggestions on feeding and care? ie: Temperature, fav foods, environment, light, mates, etc... Right now I have a 100 gallon and he's? (how do i tell sex) going to go in there with a few buddies. (Feeder guppies *wild*) and a 5" Rubbernose Pleco. Im not worried about the guppies but I am worried about the pleco as fata$$ ate 2 of them (smaller) and got constipated which lowered his immunity and broke out in ulcers that were not going away with all sorts of treatments including a week erythromyacin. So yea all advice would definitely be appreciated! *Cheers*

Thanks!

sounds like you'd be better off getting rid of the pleco, I haven't heard of many plecos lasting long in Fahaka tanks..

zombiefetus wrote:sounds like you'd be better off getting rid of the pleco, I haven't heard of many plecos lasting long in Fahaka tanks..

No but towards the end ... the two were like inseparable! Rubber was always near fata$$ like he knew he was sick or was just rubbing it in his face like ha come on eat me LoL I guess it would be in my best interest to get rid of the pleco though. I do NOT want to take the chance!

The bioload the pleco had produced will be perfect to support the puffer, when the pleco is removed.

Pufferpunk wrote:The bioload the pleco had produced will be perfect to support the puffer, when the pleco is removed.

Yea the set-up is good to rock. I did a thorough cleaning after fata$$ passed ... changed out the Aquaclear 110s (2) charcoal and sponges but didn't change out the liverock.. do you think I should? Scrubbed the castle,bamboo and rocks down and vacuumed all the substrate very thoroughly. I hope Im good to rock and hope nothing that he had is still lingering in tank!

Pufferpunk wrote:The bioload the pleco had produced will be perfect to support the puffer, when the pleco is removed.

Would you have any other suggestions?, considering you had Filbert since he was an inch long! I would love to absorb all knowledge you may possess!

Start him off with live worms if you can find them. Try lots & lots of different foods from the fish dept of your grocery store & soak them all in fish vitamins.

Start him off with live worms if you can find them. Try lots & lots of different foods from the fish dept of your grocery store & soak them all in fish vitamins, so he'll grow up big & strong, like Filbert.

Pufferpunk wrote:Start him off with live worms if you can find them. Try lots & lots of different foods from the fish dept of your grocery store & soak them all in fish vitamins, so he'll grow up big & strong, like Filbert.

Ok awesome! I will so which do you suggest for the vitamins? Brand wise etc?

Either Zoe or Vita-chem are good.

Saw that u mentioned live rock as part of your filtration.. would it have any other function other than raising the Ph?

Ive actually been battling that w/ ph down... Was at 7.8 knocked it back to 7.4 .... though i tested my water out of the tap and its sitting at 7.8 so i dont think the liverock has really done anything. I was told driftwood helps to balance that out..? I picked up some vita-chem actually.

LR is made from calcium carbonate & will raise your pH.

What do you mean by "live"? LR is made from calcium carbonate & will raise your pH.

Have never gone SW before.. But from my readings, in a FW environment that only purpose is to raise PH.. They can only be "live" in a SW.