Silver Hatchet

[Kuli_Loach]

Well I got 5 of these little buggers. I got them in a heavily planted 10g with 3 corys. I have a whisper 30 on for filtration and set the flow on medium since they like some flow. I have a large piece of driftwood. The tank was already cycled but was only half filled with a newt but is now fully filled with the fish!! I will get a few pics of the tank in a few but is there anything special I need to know?

[gm72]

I wouldn't run that filter with the flow control on. I have read, but can not confirm, that it can lead to motor problems as it restricts the flow through the impeller. Cutting the flow doesn't really do you any good with a tank like that unless you are worried about too much current? I have the same basic setup and the AC30 doesn't seem to have too much flow at all. Keeping the tank topped off also seems to help with that.

[Kuli_Loach]

Will do, here is a pic, I got that driftwood for 5$, it's a mopai stuff. It's a bad pic but you can tell the basic outlay of it, man them streaks sure show in pictures!!

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[squirt_12]

very nice...but don't silver hatchets get pretty large????

[Kaga's Kritters]

yea don't they get like 2 1/2 inches? that's gonna be a good bit of fish in a 10g.

[Kuli_Loach]

Yea 2.5" I think. I can add more filtration if needed and they like to be in groups. I also had to have something to feed on the bottom so I got 3 corys.

[Incredulous_Ed]

It's really good to feed them mosquito larvae often. It's what they eat in the wild.

[Kuli_Loach]

Freeze dried bloodworms? I have a whole can of them that my other fish won't eat, it's hard for me to get them to eat as well, I got 3 out of the 5 to eat a little and they ate my flake food, not the bloodworms. I may tried frozen tommorow.

[squirt_12]

It's really good to feed them mosquito larvae often. It's what they eat in the wild.
yeah....or fruit flies....my marble hatches went crazy over a dead fruitfly on the top of the tank. lol.

[Kuli_Loach]

Can you get freeze dried fruit flies?

[squirt_12]

Can you get freeze dried fruit flies?
i don't know...i just caught mine around my house.....lol..

[Incredulous_Ed]

Can you get freeze dried fruit flies?
Not that I know of, but you can buy a wingless fruitfly culture so you raise them and feed them to your fish.

[Kuli_Loach]

They love the freeze dried bloodworms!!! Theses little guys are quickly going up the list of my favorite fish.