Another 6ft By 2 By 2 Stocking

[demonmagus]

Anyway

5 or 6 toxotes microlepis (or blythii-I wish)
1 senegal birchir
1 fire eel
1 common plec (can be left out)
5-6 angels


so far that is all I have come up with, is that it and will an ornate birchir eat the archers and stuff?

thanks

 

[nmonks]

Provided these are all of a reasonable size, should be fine. Angels can be a bit mean tempered, so I'd watch how they behave with the archers, which basically like to be left alone. Archers are sometimes aggressive within their own group. Some people are fine with them, but others (include me) have seen bigger specimens bully smaller ones. Usually, putting in specimens of equal size, or adding additional specimens, fixes this.

Fire eels are nice, senegal bichirs are nice (though personally I'd go with the smaller P. palmas that I have more experience of in communities, but I don't think there's much in it -- someone like belondie might know better). Plecs are obviously fine with anything.

Your only job really is to make sure you really do have Toxotes microlepis. It is often mixed up to T. jaculatrix, and can even be confused with T. chatareus. Some retailers get T. microlepis in deliberately as "freshwater archers" and these are perhaps the safest places to obtain them.

Cheers,

Neale

Anyway

5 or 6 toxotes microlepis (or blythii-I wish)
1 senegal birchir
1 fire eel
1 common plec (can be left out)
5-6 angels


so far that is all I have come up with, is that it and will an ornate birchir eat the archers and stuff?

thanks

 

[demonmagus]

yet another question

in your article on archers in PFK you mentioned hard alkaline water, would I need to buffer my soft acidic water (lol) or would they be alright in that?

 

[nmonks]

Archers will want at least neutral, moderately hard water, which should be fine for all the fish you mention. So yes, you'll need to buffer the water a bit. Putting some coral sand or calcium plus in the filter should do the trick. I'd aim for a pH of at least 7.0, and ideally 7.5.

Cheers,

Neale

in your article on archers in PFK you mentioned hard alkaline water, would I need to buffer my soft acidic water (lol) or would they be alright in that?

 

[demonmagus]

awesome thanks for that nmonks