currently i have one little bearded pygmy in a 10gallon aquarium with several fake plants and a couple smaller live ones to help with cover and humidity etc..i was told that its best to have 10gallons per cham roughly but am thinking of getting another 2. so that would be a total of 2females and 1 male now i have a 20gallon tall tank available that i was planing on using for a pair but was thinking that to take some stress off the female i would have 2 females so the male doesnt bug the crap out of the one..do you think 3 bearded pygms in a 20gallon tall tank would be ok if there was more than enough cover etc? also how would i go about feeding to make sure there all eating the way they should? currently i put a cup burried to the rim in the substrate and put in 5crickets a day and she will come down and eat when she wants how can i make sure that all of them are eating?
housing pygmy question
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Three in a twenty gallon is fine. You should weigh them to check their weight as that's the only way you can be absolutely sure they are all eating enough. Once every week or two that you record would tell you if there was a problem with feeding, or if there was another problem going on. Also, more than one feeding cup would help and wouldn't confuse them when they try to eat. Too many targets in a small place makes it harder to concentrate than a few targets in a larger place.
weighing them is a great idea, i didnt even think of something like that..thanks..also i like that idea with the cups as well, maybe i will put two or three in there, smaller ones..also what is a good weight for an adult bearded pygym cham?
