I know they have a poor record. I learned this after I had one en route to my house.
So I have a FOWLR system with low lighting (just flourescents, not even VHO I don't think), I am keeping the temp just above 70, and keep the lights off a lot. Only tankmate is a bicolor centropyge.
I turned the lights on for the first time since introduction, and the Ventralis came right out!
I fed frozen baby brine, frozen zoo plankton, and that liquid / paste (with the yin-yang logo on the bottle). That kept the tank front filled with tiny floating particles for a while.
The Ventralis took it's time, but has nibbled and taken some bits here and there. So far so good, but a voracious eater would be best (I saw at the LFS today a niiiiiice Carpenter Wrasse going crazy trying to get into it's neighbor tank to get a swimming brine shrimp!).
So - give me advice on keeping this shy cave fish please. Try to be constructive and positive - I am asking for advice, not admonishment (I felt terrible when I discovered how tough these fish are to keep, but read everything I could immediately).
Thoughts?
So I have a FOWLR system with low lighting (just flourescents, not even VHO I don't think), I am keeping the temp just above 70, and keep the lights off a lot. Only tankmate is a bicolor centropyge.
I turned the lights on for the first time since introduction, and the Ventralis came right out!
I fed frozen baby brine, frozen zoo plankton, and that liquid / paste (with the yin-yang logo on the bottle). That kept the tank front filled with tiny floating particles for a while.
The Ventralis took it's time, but has nibbled and taken some bits here and there. So far so good, but a voracious eater would be best (I saw at the LFS today a niiiiiice Carpenter Wrasse going crazy trying to get into it's neighbor tank to get a swimming brine shrimp!).
So - give me advice on keeping this shy cave fish please. Try to be constructive and positive - I am asking for advice, not admonishment (I felt terrible when I discovered how tough these fish are to keep, but read everything I could immediately).
Thoughts?