Vittatus & Payara

[blade]

Originally Posted by EM3

i bought a pack of small molly that confirm can fit into his mouth. i poured the entire pack, 100 over pieces, but he doesnt seem to be interested.

let the fishes acclimatise for thier new environment.....atf n payara r shy fishes put some dw for them to hide....

[EM3]

Originally Posted by Freshman

think still stress lah... haha..
got put hiding place for them or not? some java fern/nana.. switch off light..

maybe some dither fish will help also..

btw, water parameters OK? pH stable?

Originally Posted by blade

let the fishes acclimatise for thier new environment.....atf n payara r shy fishes put some dw for them to hide....

yeah i put some DW, rocks and a few pieces of free floating ketapang leaves in the tank as hiding places.

i got some dither fish inside, IT and silver dollars. water parameters still the same, ammonia nil, nitrate only 10. pH 6.5.

[Freshman]

ic.. like that ok lah.. take some pics share leh
careful with those feeders.. net out murdered ones.. don't let it rot inside..

got time.. test the parameters again these few days..

[EM3]

pic as requested
got new tankmate as well

today i tried different feeders - feeder shrimp, but still dont wanna eat.

[Freshman]

Patience..bro.. give them some times to settle down.

Royal pleco!!!
swee lah.. haha

please do test the water parameters again this week..
can also paste some dark color wallpaper @ the side/back.. make the tank lighting is a little dimmer..

Cheers!

[EM3]

i just threw some bloodworm for the silver dollars and the vittatus ate it also. good sign that it has started feeding?