ancient fish tank compatibility

[rockinthe40ounce]

i want to turn my 55 gallon into an all ancient fish tank. I wanted the following fish:
Knife Fish
Needle Nose Gar
Silver Arowana
Would any of those be a problem together?

 

[---XR---]

yes, painly the fact that, duh, the tanks to small

 

[Killerhap]

Well, do a little research on those fish and you will find that they all get downright HUGE.

so a 55 would only work when they are babies.

 

[rockinthe40ounce]

i only plan on keeping them while they are young, after that i give them back to the petstore to be sold again, and start with a new set of fish, but behaviour wise, would the fish go together?

 

[dmopar74]

you would only be able to keep those fish in a 55 for maybe a couple months as they grow very fast.

 

[rallysman]

i only plan on keeping them while they are young, after that i give them back to the petstore to be sold again, and start with a new set of fish, but behaviour wise, would the fish go together?

I don't agree with that method at all. Not very responsible IMO.

I'm running out of room to save fish.

 

[WyldFya]

First the needlenose (not a true gar) and the aro will be aggressive toward one another, often ending in death, unless kept in a large aquarium. With your small tank, there will be a large amount of aggression. Not advisable.

 

[DaneDodger]

Why why why?????? It's sooooo simple to me, if you can't provide what an animal needs to live out it's full life happy and healthy just don't get it! Would you buy a frickin dane pup then get rid of it when it outgrew your place???? No, you look for a smaller type of dog! Would you try to keep a horse on your apartment balcony expecting it to stay small to fit it's environment???? Now doesn't that sound ridiculous! Then WHY would anyone do the same sorts of things to fish???

 

[adamstv]

Dude just dont do it. That tank wont even be big enough for ANY of those fish May be the gar.... OH WAIT it isnt even a gar. Listen if you dont plan on keeping it for life dont even do it. Its selfish. I have a silver in a 55 and its already too big after 4 months guess what Im doing. Getting a bigger tank. BTW most fish stores wont take the fish back b/c it will be too big.

 

[WyldFya]

Dude just dont do it. That tank wont even be big enough for ANY of those fish May be the gar.... OH WAIT it isnt even a gar. Listen if you dont plan on keeping it for life dont even do it. Its selfish. I have a silver in a 55 and its already too big after 4 months guess what Im doing. Getting a bigger tank. BTW most fish stores wont take the fish back b/c it will be too big.

Why why why?????? It's sooooo simple to me, if you can't provide what an animal needs to live out it's full life happy and healthy just don't get it! Would you buy a frickin dane pup then get rid of it when it outgrew your place???? No, you look for a smaller type of dog! Would you try to keep a horse on your apartment balcony expecting it to stay small to fit it's environment???? Now doesn't that sound ridiculous! Then WHY would anyone do the same sorts of things to fish???

While it would be a better idea to keep these fish in more suitable conditions, remember that we all start somewhere. (Sorry in advance) Lets all remember Mei Ling kept hers in the same size aquarium, but he was a very healthy appearing, and acting fish. We all have to start somewhere, and we all have to learn from somewhere (sometimes from experience). I KNOW that everyone, including the two of you, have made housing mistakes as well as any other.

That said, working at a LFS in Olympia, WA, I saw fish go out, and fish come back in, most get turned down (as many as 75%), only those that we knew we could either house inside the shop, or those that could be turned around the same day. Due to the cost of keeping them in store, we would almost never give anything, and in the rare cases we did give something it would be credit approximately 25% of the retail for a baby version of the same fish.