30g Tropheus Chibongbong

[Nickintex]

Thump them!

[eklikewhoa]

I thumped a few of the rosies so they'll be easier for the oscars to catch.

Might thump the defected petro too

[eklikewhoa]

So I'm sitting here watching all my new fish in the tank when I start to see little specs come flying out of the return causing all the fish to go nuts chasing them and remembered my breeding group of mollies I had in the sump.... they had babies and the return pump was ejecting little bits of treats for all the trophs/petros!

Awesomeness! Here's a vid from my phone don't think you can see the fry though.



I tried catching vids of the treat dispenser but you can't see the specs.

[eklikewhoa]

Think I'm gonna get that breeding plant pad for the bottom layer of the sump so I can control how many fry actually get pumped through cause before I partition the pump with the giant sponge every single fry was seeking refuge near the pump which was like a whole birthing sent out at once.

[aquabee]

LOL that is ridiculous. Only in your tank would you have a frytreat-ejecting pump, Q!

[nightster]

Just out of curiosity, why do you have mollies in your sump?

[TaTeR ToT]

Mollies like goldfish need to graze continuously in order to get proper nutriton. They are not finiky about food either. So they will eat the slugde and surface film that a wetdry will naturally create on its surface and base. Very nice idea. I think I'm going to use them in mine aswell.

[nightster]

Sounds like a good idea, should you be worried about trophs and petros eating too many mollie fry? Probably a stupid question lol.

[aquabee]

And if you're starting to have water chemistry issues, sometimes the sump fish will show signs of stress before your expensive lovely tank fish do... which can be a very good thing.

[eklikewhoa]

Sounds like a good idea, should you be worried about trophs and petros eating too many mollie fry? Probably a stupid question lol.

The little specs of molly fry aren't that big compared to their own fry so I'm not worried at all, I've seen/fed trophs a lot worst with no ill effect. Plus the little guys were eating smashed NLS so that would be like a gut loaded treat!

[eklikewhoa]

Mollies like goldfish need to graze continuously in order to get proper nutriton. They are not finiky about food either. So they will eat the slugde and surface film that a wetdry will naturally create on its surface and base. Very nice idea. I think I'm going to use them in mine aswell.

EXACTLY! Their mouth is upturned so they are always cleaning up the surface.

[eklikewhoa]

Plus mollies are cool to look at and since most are preggo it's like instant breeding gratification!

[TaTeR ToT]

Plus mollies are cool to look at and since most are preggo it's like instant breeding gratification!

Plus anyone can buy an autofeeder. But who has a troph/petro candy dispenser. Now that's pimp, lol.

[eklikewhoa]

This setup is like a quadruple win!

Trophs/petros up top
Mollies down below
Mollies eat all the surface film and mulm in the sump
Mollies have babies which the return pump shoots out for the Trophs/Petros

Like a self sufficient dual display!

[TaTeR ToT]

Lol. Doin it big!