On Mon, 08 May 2006 00:57:04 -0500, Frank wrote:

-ED - wrote,
should I concern myself with the Danios I've put in there...

They will be fine untill the RTBS is large enough to take them in one
bite. I had an 8" RTBS in a 180 gal. (2' x 2' x 6'). Since I was
breeding them, I fed White Clouds to this tank. The RTBS could easy
take a 1.5" White Cloud in a split second from across the tank. They
are a lot faster than you could ever think a Danio or White Cloud could
be. Funny thing though, it was around 5" before it took it's first
Cardenal Tetra. Had to move him to the 180 gal. tank the following day
as he went through a half dozen before I figured out it was him - the
Cardenals were his tankmates from day one................. Frank


Holy Shark-Bites Batman....=0 This sounds like the theory I heard years
ago that alot of tropical fish will 'grow in scale' to their environment..
I'm glad you told me about the reflex this fish is capable of. That's
enlightening to say the least. I'm looking forward to his maturity. He's
a pale grey at the moment..at times I notice his red tail almost fading to
a translucent/transparent coloring. I've got my eye on him. I wish I had
set this tank up as a headboard for my bedroom. 8" is quite a sizable
fish I must say. He must have been a trophy, indeed. I'm not looking
forward to him getting that big..for it will force me to build the bigger
tanks I mentioned before. I'm rough-drafting some plans now, but I need
to concern myself with the load it will present in my upstairs apartment..
As such, I feel that a long, thin tank would put the load more on the
support wall..ie- about 7'x 21"x 14" from the wall. I'm gonna have to
visit more sites that illustrate today's construction techniques to havea
better handle on its overall dimensions.
Thanks for the holler....-ED

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