Hi so I have a oscar tank with 2 Oscar's and 6 silver dollor and soon i have plans to buy a 180gallon tank I was wondering I could put a reticulated stingray, a clown knife and a pecock bass in with the Oscar's I know how controversial the pecock bass tank size is that's why I am asking I have seen people say 180 is fine and others who say 300 is the min so what ever you guy think is best for the fish let me know.
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Also I know that sound very over stocked I am going to choose 2 new fish but prefer pecock than clown knife
A stingray and clown knife will outgrow your tank, you could get away with one of the smaller peacock bass species (like a kelberi), but you should really get a larger tank (like an 8'x3'x2 which would be 350 gallons) if you want to get both the 2 oscars and the 6 silver dollars with the peacock bass. Be careful of how big the silver dollars are as the pbass could eat them depending on the size of the pbass and the silver dollars.
A teacup stingray can live in a 125, but to have you visualize that, take a pizza pan (around 12-16 inches in diameter because teacup stingrays get around that size) and see how well it can move around in there. I think you will agree that will be too small for a teacup, plus stingrays need a lot of filtration, I don't have much experience with stingrays so I will let others who are more knowledgeable speak on that. If you want something like a knife fish you should go for something like an african knife fish or a black ghost knife fish. Glad I could help
I would avoid stingrays with anything less than a 8'x3' footprint or larger tank. Any kind of pbass is gonna get really tight in a 180. The 180 is a good tank for the oscars and SDs though. If you put many more large fish in youre gonna have to commit to a pretty vigorous water change schedule on top of what youre already doing.
