Not sure if this is the right place for this, but I've been looking for something other than a fish for my aquariums. I have my 20 gallon grow out tank which houses an indonesian datnoid, bullhead catfish, columbian shark, bala shark, ID shark, redtail shark, dragon goby, pumpkinseed sunfish, and a peacock eel. Yes, I know that the columbian shark and dragon goby are brackish, but they are in freshwater until they are large enough for a larger, brackish tank, which I may or may not also add my Freshwater Moray to. Also in my 20 gallon I have a floating dock, where my Iberian Spanish Ribbed Newt is always on, and I also have an albino clawed frog. But I also will soon be upgrading to a 130 gallon freshwater which will house a 15" Pacu, a 10" Florida gar, a 15" Longnose gar, and if my 20" Freshwater moray eel continues to thrive in freshwater, that will also be added to the 130 gallon. I would like a turtle or something like that for the 130, preferably something easy to find, and affordable. As much as I'd love a Fly River Turtle.... it's out of the question. Maybe like a mud turtle or something, but I don't know what species and care. Please help!
Please Help! Critters for Freshwater Aquarium
- Thread starter CoryWentland
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The grow out is way over stocked to begin with, and your 130 is going to be small even to keep the pacu by itself. Therefore, I would suggest getting a "critter".
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Sorry I didn't include the rest of this information...This probably won't make a difference but I just looked up the demensions of the tank and it does turn out to be a 30 gallon not a 20... but that doesn't really matter anyway. But I will be splitting up the fish in the very near future between the 30 and a 50 gallon, then, for the larger fish, to the 130 gallon. I plan on upgrading from the 130 gallon eventually too, probably to a 300 gallon or so. (You can pretty much get any size fish tank custom from my lfs) but not until the Pacu and Longnose Gar outgrow it. The 130 gallon I figured would be a good tank for the native fish such as the sunfish and bullhead and even the Florida gar when the Longnose and Pacu outgrow it. I really just want something to be in the 130 gallon with the pacu and gars until they outgrow it, even though they're cool fish, I really would like to get a turtle or something to take care of with them.
CoryWentlanmember: 107092 said:
Maybe a crayfish, they come in a lot of different sizes and colors, you can order them online, even amazon and they are pretty affordable at lfs as far as my experience goes, I have a care guide on them on my YouTube channel, called Tim's Fish
