Gar's Fishkeeping Blog

“Kings of the tankbusters”

I have a single angelfish that just cannot get along in my tank, it’s constantly bullying the others, nipping at fins, glutting itself on food, ect. Now that I’ve added cories to the tank, it’s been stealing the wafers away from them and not allowing them to eat. Normally I’d be a “net during feeding” kind of person, but I can’t do it every day for the next however many years.

Angelfish is bicolored, and at least three years old and about three inches from mouth to base of tail. It would either need to go to a home where it’s by itself, or in a large shoal of angelfish to filter its aggression. I can deliver within 50 miles of Malone, NY (except on the Canadian side, I don’t have an enhanced license but I can meet you near a border crossing). Please message me, as this is a side blog and I may lose the reblog.

Redid the 55 today while I'm on vacation. I've been feeling uninspired with my tanks ever since I moved and half my angels died, but we went to a independent fish store and it flared a spark up again. Mostly just changed the substrate to basic sand from the local hardware store, and removed most of the wood and all of the rocks to fit in a new XL piece of wood. Trying vals again too, I don't know why I can't keep them alive but we'll try again.

I use an Oddysea twin bulb setup, a cheaper, very nice light I usually buy from eBay. I loved my original light on my 29, but I haven’t had as much growth on the 55 so it’s kinda meh for me on the deeper tank. If I was to buy it again I’d get the four bulb set instead.