I have a Erythrinus K. in a 40 breeder by his/her self I was wondering if there were any possible tank mates that might be ok with my wolf for life, I know I do not have the largest tank but I was hoping I could maybe get one more in there, I have a pictus cat that is close to the same size in my community could I possible put him with the would or would this be asking for too much trouble?
Erythrinus possible tank mates?
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you can try some captive bred senegal bichirs. Depending on the wolf's personality, it could work pretty well.
from my experience, any tankmate with a red wolf should either ignored, or capable of escaping. my wolf is about 7 inches and will either bully or kill anything similarly sized. i put a 9 inch gar in the tank with him and after about a week the wolf decided to assert his dominance and kill the gar. he would also bully my similarly sized spotted cat. but he ignored my 6 inch needle nose gar.
Would those be happy in my tank for life i cant really upgrade where i live now
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What's the footprint of the tank? If it's a 40 breeder than it'll be an OK size for 2 CB senegals which probability won't get to 8-10 inches.
nothing much you can put in a 40 gallon tank.
Would be ok to just get one or do they prefer to be in pairs? And yes its a breeder ill get the dimensions real quick
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I Keep a few fish my 4 Ery. Sp. Peru.... I keep a 7-8" Tiger Botia, 8" Senegal Bicher ( which has had his tail chewed pretty severly on on more than one occasion ), a 5" Royal Pleco, a 6" common Pleco ( The plecos Do NOT suck the wolves slime coats.. When the common pleco gets about 7-8" I remove it and replace it with another 2-3" one), 5" sun cat, and a very docile 4" Green terror.
In the past I have tried some other types of fish with them and recieved mixed results....
Large banded silver dollars.. Made the Wolves stay in hiding
4"Salvini-- Beat the wolves up
6" Tiger Oscar-- Made the wolves stay in Hiding
7" Pink Kisser-- Largest wolf seem like he was too interetsed i him so it was removed.
Convicts-- Seem to work well ( tried to use them as food but the wolves will not eat them)
I think some other good choices would be large/Med festivums they seem like they would be a good match. I have been looking for a group to try this out with mine.
In the past I have tried some other types of fish with them and recieved mixed results....
Large banded silver dollars.. Made the Wolves stay in hiding
4"Salvini-- Beat the wolves up
6" Tiger Oscar-- Made the wolves stay in Hiding
7" Pink Kisser-- Largest wolf seem like he was too interetsed i him so it was removed.
Convicts-- Seem to work well ( tried to use them as food but the wolves will not eat them)
I think some other good choices would be large/Med festivums they seem like they would be a good match. I have been looking for a group to try this out with mine.
I would go for a pair of WC mokes or WC palmas complex, one or 2 would do fine. I keep my ery ery in a 70 with a 13 inch ropefish, 7 1/2 inch ornate bichir, 6 1/2 inch palmas beutt., and soon to be 3 more bichirs (Black Volta endli, palmas palmas, palmas polli). Some nipping happens but the bichirs are tough enough for it. I would go to JA and snag a moke or palmas as it will take a long time before a senegal can be big enough to not be killed by the wolf, unless you can find a large one
I think I may end up holding off for a little, all the bichirs around here are like buffalo thought "way to small" that and the fact that any time I give hr live food (very very very rare) if there is too many she becomes stressed and doesn't really move around until she eventually gets them all.