Aussie golds, hardy or doomed?

[yanni]

Hey all!!

I’ve been considering getting an Aussie gold torch for a while, I’m absolutely mesmerised with them. They’re amazing.

My only concern is I’ve heard they can be quite finicky and tend to die randomly, which I don’t want to happen haha.

Is this a common problem, or is it just a lot of negativity which is mainly heard? I’m not in a position to get an indo gold as Australia won’t import them (I live in Australia), so only stuck with an Aussie as my option. I have a LFS who regularly gets them in usually in great health, but I know they can go south very quickly

 

[yanni]

Any info would be amazing!! I run a softie dominate tank with a few nems of different sorts, higher nutrients and daily dosing phyto and weekly of AB+ if that matters haha

 

[Purpletang92]

Did you ever end up getting one? How did it go ?

 

[yanni]

Did you ever end up getting one? How did it go ?

I got two. The first one was an aquacultured one which thrived for 9months, then went downhill after my mini maxi crawled up its base and stung its whole flesh band
But it grew from one head to 5 and was thriving until then. Was beautiful.

My second was wild caught with no flesh band, got it dirt cheap. Unsurprisingly didn’t make it a few weeks. They’re hardier than we give them credit for, just need good flow and good water parameters