[bigshrimpin]

Originally Posted by Sounguru

They go thru periods of real active to being a rock. Usually after eating they take a long nap



Hanging out at the top is not check all normal. Check water parameters and if need boost the oxygen level I had them doing the same in my 29 but I addded a powerhead to move the water more and down they went.



No need unless you want to add Rams which sem to be my assassins favorite snail to eat.



Yes the more hiding and laying places the more comfortable they are that also may account for the hangin out at the top. I would add a few larger rocks and a lot of plastic plants. I do grow my plants in my tanks on less than 1 watt in some cases just have to be selective on the plant choice. Java fern and Amazon Sword have worked well for me.

Other than that:

temp 78
PH 7.4 or higher
GH 4+
Add a plaster puck one every 2 weeks to give the feeder calcium and put some into the water column. Assassins get their calcium from their kills.

Any other ?s please feel free to ask...

Sounguru,

Nitrites 0
Nitrate 10
GH 10
KH 4.5

Looks like I could do a water change to lower the nitrates but everything else looks fine to me.

I boosted up the oxygen by opening up the valve on my air divider that I have connected on my 110 liter per minute air pump (I love this thing! The air divider allows me to run 8 air pumps at the same time with only one pump!). There is a good current flowing in the tank now.

One assassin is still sitting at the top of the water edge and I will keep an eye on it to see if it moves. I knocked it down today and it went right back up there after a few minutes.

Let me know if my parameters are off and I will do my best to get them right.


Thanks again!