peewee;4107154; said:
In my original plan i was going to get a fire eel. I am also really interesting in the birchir. Now i just have to find a semi adult fire eel so that the eel doesn't get eating by my Oscar or Dempsey.
150 gallon Stock?
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In my original plan i was going to get a fire eel. I am also really interesting in the birchir. Now i just have to find a semi adult fire eel so that the eel doesn't get eating by my Oscar or Dempsey.
I think you can push it a bit with the size of the fire eel vs the size of the tank. They're extremely mellow, don't take up much space, and are decently hardy.
Oscars + Fire eel + tank barely large enough to hold eel = bad juju ... fire eels are scale-less fish, passive unless put w/ con-specifics, notoriously finicky eaters. And all around a joy to have in any tank and deffinately most peoples favorite fish or close to it of their personal stock... Fire eels do well with larger, non-aggressive fish. They are to big to eat, and won't compete for food generally. They are also prone to infections as much as clown loaches are. require either target feeding or live foods when first introduced ect.
aggressive biting fish are a big big mistake to mix w/ any of the eel fish. Oscars are big, aggresive, and nippy. him or the JD may not be able to eat a larger fire eel but they can and will beat it to a pulp and kill it from a secondary infection in all liklyhood unless you are running extensive filtration on a very stable system. If either of your Cichlids are showing aggression I wouldn't try it. If everyone was a 2" baby yet.. it might work. BUt mixing larger cichlids w/ more docile fish almost always ends in disaster.
aggressive biting fish are a big big mistake to mix w/ any of the eel fish. Oscars are big, aggresive, and nippy. him or the JD may not be able to eat a larger fire eel but they can and will beat it to a pulp and kill it from a secondary infection in all liklyhood unless you are running extensive filtration on a very stable system. If either of your Cichlids are showing aggression I wouldn't try it. If everyone was a 2" baby yet.. it might work. BUt mixing larger cichlids w/ more docile fish almost always ends in disaster.
MonsterMinis;4108225; said:
Well my oscar is very non aggressive!!! The oscar leaves any fish alone. The JD could be an issue and if i could find a decent size fire eel then i might give up the JD. Would a Oscar, Fire Eel, Fire mouth, and bichirs work? My filtrations is a 35 gallon sump with about 1200 gph.
peewee;4109285; said:
Ok? so what exactly are you thinking i should put in thier? I thought the fire eel was a good idea? Im going to put in some nice drift wood for the eel and bichirs to hide.
A fire eel is not a good fish for that size tank, you will either eventually have to upgrade, or you will end up with a 30+"er that is always escaping and eventually dies. They need a tank with more length, fire eels are capable of growing to about 3.5 feet (possibly more), so it doesn't make sense to put one in a tank that is only 6" longer than the fish itself. A better choice would be an adult peacock eel (if you can find one) they only get to about 10", but I don't know how a peacock would fare with your other fish (especially the oscar). I think it would be best to just go without an eel.
drgnfrc13;4110415; said:
Would you put bichirs in with the oscar in a 150 gallon? If so how many.
Yes, but the number of bichirs depends on what species you are interested in and how much filtration you have on the tank.c4a4y;4111402; said:
I don't think senegals would be a good choice unless there is an adult sen (9"+) available to him. Snenegals are normally sold between 2-3", and they tend to be very slow growers after they reach about 5", so they would be at a high risk of being eaten by the oscar. I think the species that would probably be best suited for his tank would be laps, dels, palmas (maybe), ornates, and possibly endlis (captive bred endlis will sometimes only get to 14-18", though wild caught endlis will often get to over 24").fishbum;4111411; said:
