rookiefishguy
New Member
Hi All,
I recently made the move of upgrading my 5g tank that had 4 male guppies and mystery snail and 3 RCS to a 15g tank that I moved all the filter media, substrate etc over to for the beneficial bacteria. I gave the tank a few weeks to catch up and took a trip to a massive fish store about an hour away. I was quickly star struck by their massive inventory and blindly bought the fish that were recommended to me which were 4 scarlet badis and 2 (a male and a female) Madagascar rainbowfish.
They've been added to the tank and so far it has been about a week. I was not aware that scarlet badis typically only eat live food so it has been a bit of a learning curve and i'm hoping to train them to eat flakes/pellets (any recommendations on how is appreciated).
My second question, I'm wondering if the rainbowfish may be a bit to large for the 15g. The female seems to be fine and even seems to "school" with the guppies, however the male is an absolute monster in the tank. Sadly I witnessed him murder one of my RCS in cold blood, and he seems to chase the guppies around quite a bit. I have a few days left before i can return him and was wondering if its something that could calm down or if I was lead astray and bought a bit too much fish for my tank? I wanted some sort of "peaceful" centerpiece fish
I recently made the move of upgrading my 5g tank that had 4 male guppies and mystery snail and 3 RCS to a 15g tank that I moved all the filter media, substrate etc over to for the beneficial bacteria. I gave the tank a few weeks to catch up and took a trip to a massive fish store about an hour away. I was quickly star struck by their massive inventory and blindly bought the fish that were recommended to me which were 4 scarlet badis and 2 (a male and a female) Madagascar rainbowfish.
They've been added to the tank and so far it has been about a week. I was not aware that scarlet badis typically only eat live food so it has been a bit of a learning curve and i'm hoping to train them to eat flakes/pellets (any recommendations on how is appreciated).
My second question, I'm wondering if the rainbowfish may be a bit to large for the 15g. The female seems to be fine and even seems to "school" with the guppies, however the male is an absolute monster in the tank. Sadly I witnessed him murder one of my RCS in cold blood, and he seems to chase the guppies around quite a bit. I have a few days left before i can return him and was wondering if its something that could calm down or if I was lead astray and bought a bit too much fish for my tank? I wanted some sort of "peaceful" centerpiece fish