Baby syno. euppies.

Syno_Eupterus. · Post by **Syno_Eupterus.** » 10 Nov 2007, 03:12

Ok...I fell for some a pair of hard to find ( hard to find ANY synos in my neck of the woods) baby euppies. They are in a ten gal right now being quarantined. I was going to wait until I maybe moved to consider new euppies, but the oppertunity came along. Here's to hoping I didn't make a bad choice getting them early.

The baby euppies are approx. 1.5-2"
How big will they have to be to join my three elder fully grown euppies and a couple of five- six inch cichlids?.

Can they live with bettas and kuhli loaches as babies?.
I feel kinda like a noob now...but it's been a long since since my euppies were babies you know.

Syno_Eupterus. · Post by **Syno_Eupterus.** » 13 Nov 2007, 15:45

*sighs*...There's nothing but lurkers here.

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 13 Nov 2007, 17:09

how big are the "full grown" ones? Given space & cover they could be mixed straight away (after quarantine)

zenyfish · Post by **zenyfish** » 13 Nov 2007, 21:47

At 1.5-2", I don't think it's a problem mixing with bettas or kuhli loaches.

Landlubber · Post by **Landlubber** » 13 Nov 2007, 23:08

As long as the cichlids are not one of the more aggressive species I see no problems.

Saratoga · Post by **Saratoga** » 15 Nov 2007, 10:04

I personaly would not put them with bettas or kuhli's... eppies will eat anything that fits in their mouth... even at 2inch.

Syno_Eupterus. · Post by **Syno_Eupterus.** » 15 Nov 2007, 19:51

Full grown syno. eup. are ten inches long.

Not with the bettas...Yikes...Ok that's a complication I hadn't counted on. I was hoping if they didn't get on with the kuhlis they could live in one of the
male betta tanks.

Landlubber · Post by **Landlubber** » 18 Nov 2007, 10:20

Saratoga wrote:I personaly would not put them with bettas or kuhli's... eppies will eat anything that fits in their mouth... even at 2inch.

They will not eat anything that fits in there mouth.

bushynose_cory · Post by **bushynose_cory** » 22 Nov 2007, 07:47

I've mixed 6-7 inch ones with two 1.5-2 inch ones.

I don't know whether I had weird fish, but the bigger ones chased similar sized ones away, they played with the smaller ones and shared caves.

Still, the more caves the better.

Saratoga · Post by **Saratoga** » 28 Nov 2007, 09:07

Landlubber wrote:They will not eat anything that fits in there mouth.

OK M8... if you recon... but granted they dont have a HUGE mouth for syno .... buy the time 3inch's come's along, a betta would be gone!
My adults (10-12inch) compete for food intended for my Clown Knife's - 3inch food!

zenyfish · Post by **zenyfish** » 28 Nov 2007, 17:53

I haven't known eupterus to be picisvores. I kept a 4" eupterus with 0.5"
cichlid fries without problems.

Syno_Eupterus. · Post by **Syno_Eupterus.** » 30 Nov 2007, 01:17

I guess when in doubt, I'd rather just house my male betta in another tank even if kinda a nusence to do so.