Amazon Biotope Bottom

[biggerfish]

I decided to not get a elephant nose for my 65g so im going to get something from SA for an amazon biotope ( anything from SA or lower CA will do though), i was thinking a dragon goby but feeding it sounds like a pain. I read that in the wild they eat plankton from the ground so i was wondering if since i have sand if i can buy like live plankton that will colonize and provide a permanent food source for him. Its what i do for my mandarin goby but he is saltwater and you can buy saltwater plankton everywhere, but im yet to find freshwater plankton except from like science labs.

 

[biggerfish]

or say tubifex worms? or amphipods? not to sure if they spend to much time in gravel though, it would kinda be neat to have some tiny plankton or worms in there for food for the goby, and cory cats.

 

[lrhodes]

Violet gobys (dragon fish) are brackish water fish.
They prefer sand bottoms. And they do eat blood worms and the tubifex.

 

[biggerfish]

my bottom is sand, and i have read they can live well in freshwater. the ones at my lfs are in freshwater so i assumed they are acclimated to it. and so would it be realistic to establish a colony of tubifex worms and amphipods in my aquarium for food or is that just insane.

 

[biggerfish]

and if the goby is out of the picture then what is a good unique bottom dweller, all the eels get to big, same with bichirs. on top of them not being amazon, but idc about being from SA anymore lol i just want a unique bottom dweller. and like a said i will establish tubifexworms/ amphipod colonys if they need it.

I ust realized if i did establish blackworm, and amphipod colonies then i could get the elephant nose couldnt I. im realy trying to find a way to make the elephant nose work lol they are just such an amazing looking fish.

 

[lrhodes]

Just do all the research you can! I don't know a lot about elephant nose... other than they are really cool and really smart!
But like I said.. just do all the research you can. And come to your own conclusion.

 

[Oscarcichlid4]

Could you try Pictus Catfish? It would be really cool if you had room for a sting ray lol. Maybe a marbled headstander?