This is true, you’d want some that have been quarantined and that you have seen feeding.He also said that they usually arrive very fragile and often refuse food and die.
This is true, you’d want some that have been quarantined and that you have seen feeding.He also said that they usually arrive very fragile and often refuse food and die.
I did some reading on those fish.Yes, morpho tetra.
Mine have eaten dry food from the beginning. I haven’t noted them to be that territorial either, the males display to each other but that’s it really. I think they’re very delicate on import but once settled they’re quite hardy.I did some reading on those fish.
Some suppliers mark them with a banner 'NOT BEGINNER FISH, ' and the reading shows that they can be fussy eaters and very territorial during mating season. Some of the notes also say that they need a line-of-sight divider as the males hold serious grudges!
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I didn't know this gbif database. I tried searching for black water river fish, but the only ornamental fish result I got was the morpho tetra... But I'm probably not doing it right.Have you considered focussing on black water river systems and check gbif for suitable fish?
Also, Asia and West Africa have some interesting, smaller, blackwater fish.
It's a really handy site once you get the hang of it.I didn't know this gbif database. I tried searching for black water river fish, but the only ornamental fish result I got was the morpho tetra... But I'm probably not doing it right.
Overall, unless something changes, I'm set on the green neons and the corydora nijseni, since I now have a single one of it in quarantine... Tukanos are very likely to be included. So there could be room for a more reclusive species, such as the morpho tetra, but there isn't room for much more. But who knows, maybe in the future I may decide to change everything.
I started a journal, but things aren't going particularly well, the wood pieces are causing all sorts of damage to the water. Hopefully in a couple of weeks I get it to the point where I can start adding fishes.