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murakoziSaturday, I went out and got more fish for the aquarium. After talking to the fish guy and a lot of hemming and hawing, I finally settled on 5 high fin platys. I was originally leaning heavily toward some tetras, probably pristellas. I felt that with the danios, that'd mean a ton of silver in the tank. I nearly went with some neon tetras (they didn't have any cardinals), but looking at them, I kinda wasn't sure I'd want all torpedo shaped fish.
The platys add a nice bit of solid, bright color. I tried to pick out some interesting ones. Near as I can tell, I ended up with 2 males and 3 females. Since platys tend to be a lot less finicky than danios when it comes to breeding conditions, I suspect that means I'll have some baby fish in there at some point.
The platys are a lot more sedate than the danios. They tend to like to hover together in a group, often among the artificial plants. I'm a little concerned about feeding. All the danios tend to be aggressive and go into a little feeding frenzy and snag much of the food before the platys - who tend to wait around the middle or bottom for food to come raining down - get a chance at it.
To add a little variety, I've been trying out various foods. The staple of their diet are flakes, but I've also given them some granules, dried baby shrimp, and some of the lil 'fish crisp' things. None of the fish seem too excited about the granules, but the platys do like to go after the ones that land on the plants. The crisps are a bit big for any but the giant danios to eat at first, but after they've sunk and soaked a little, the others will pick 'em apart. The shrimp, I dunno. Sometimes a giant will poke at 'em when they're on the surface. Eventually they sink and just sit there. I've never seen anyone eating them, but they do disappear eventually.
I'd love to get some pictures of the tank and fish, but haven't been able to work out lighting for the task.
The platys add a nice bit of solid, bright color. I tried to pick out some interesting ones. Near as I can tell, I ended up with 2 males and 3 females. Since platys tend to be a lot less finicky than danios when it comes to breeding conditions, I suspect that means I'll have some baby fish in there at some point.
The platys are a lot more sedate than the danios. They tend to like to hover together in a group, often among the artificial plants. I'm a little concerned about feeding. All the danios tend to be aggressive and go into a little feeding frenzy and snag much of the food before the platys - who tend to wait around the middle or bottom for food to come raining down - get a chance at it.
To add a little variety, I've been trying out various foods. The staple of their diet are flakes, but I've also given them some granules, dried baby shrimp, and some of the lil 'fish crisp' things. None of the fish seem too excited about the granules, but the platys do like to go after the ones that land on the plants. The crisps are a bit big for any but the giant danios to eat at first, but after they've sunk and soaked a little, the others will pick 'em apart. The shrimp, I dunno. Sometimes a giant will poke at 'em when they're on the surface. Eventually they sink and just sit there. I've never seen anyone eating them, but they do disappear eventually.
I'd love to get some pictures of the tank and fish, but haven't been able to work out lighting for the task.