Hi I am new to the site but have a nice 75 gallon setup with some baby monster fish. It has a glass bottom with rocks and lots of places to hide and my fish so far are, 2 rope fish, 2 fire eels, one goby dragon, a zig zag eel, a clown knife fish, a peacock eel, a spiny eel, a dinosaur bichir 7 silver dollars, 2 kissing gouramis, and 1 black ghost knife fish. They are all fairly small right now now but I will be upgrading to a 125 gallon tank probably after Christmas
Welcome! Interesting mix of little ones you've got there. You'll have to thin the heard even in a 6ft 125g though.
welcome to MFK, be prepared to go way bigger than 125 gallons shortly. the fire eels, clown knife and SD's are going to outgrow that in record time.
Thank you very much and yes I know when they get bigger I will not be able to have that many in a tank. I have an Arowana that I have my eye on that the bichir and clown knife will eventually go in with. I will probably keep all of the eels together with the rope fish and put my goby dragon tank with my goldfish where he was. I have 3 tank setups currently, the 75-gallon that I mentioned the 55-gallon with all of my goldfish and a tank at the foot of our bed that is 40 gallon that has Tetras and Cherry Barb's and ghost shrimp along with three iridescent sharks.
I'll just be that guy to make sure you understand what type of monster fish you are getting into, aros and clown knives can get 2 feet long, fire eels can get up to 30+ inches. you need 350+gallon tanks to keep those fish. black ghost knifes can get 15+ inches as well so theres something else to consider.
the other spiny eels will be fine in a 75 for life. Also dragon gobys are brackish, they have a definite shortened lifespan in fresh water in my experience.
its a better start than a 125 but in my honest opinion not big enough to house all those monsters for life.
Ok, I knew I would have to go large. And I am prepared to do that, but for now i definitely want a 125 so they are not crowded at all. I want to give them as much room to grow as possible.
ok, you'll probably get around 6 or so months out of that tank, take pics show us the tank and stock
