I have 1x black spotted eel and 1x peacock in a 125g with some mellow SA cichlids right now, but I really want a Fire Eel at some point (they're gorgeous fish!). I've heard people say that they are very sedentary and usually don't require much tank space, but im thinking if a 150 is still too small for both of those fish in one tank, I could end up saving for a 200 or 225g. Ive seen them together in massive tanks, but idk of those were jut lucky matches with temperament...
Black Ghost Knife Aquarium
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I have 1x black spotted eel and 1x peacock in a 125g with some mellow SA cichlids right now, but I really want a Fire Eel at some point (they're gorgeous fish!). I've heard people say that they are very sedentary and usually don't require much tank space, but im thinking if a 150 is still too small for both of those fish in one tank, I could end up saving for a 200 or 225g. Ive seen them together in massive tanks, but idk of those were just lucky matches with temperament...
My father was an angelfish breeder and I have a several in a 125g right now, I love the fish, but i think it might finally be time (when I get this new tank setup) to delve into the notoriously difficult discus (provided their water conditions/temps line up). Tetras are definitely not set in stone, I just like to have some dither fish in with my monsters, I'd really like to get into some more interesting dithers.
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I think I'll end up sticking with sand (all of my tanks are sand except 1 "no maintenance" 20g which has aquasoil). I'm thinking 2 large pieces of driftwood covered in moss with some anubias placed around them. Then have some smoother stone accents around the base of the driftwood. George Farmer did a large planted tank that looked exactly like what I want... now to find that video...
So I'm seeing a lot of forum posts around here saying 300 gallons for a Fire Eel... well. Looks like I'm saving up for a 300+ gallon aquarium! I'm not gonna skimp or try and force anything smaller, I want this bad boy to get as big and comfy as he can be, probably going to end up going with a 150 for the BGK and then make the Fire Eel a much later project!
I don't know how I missed this thread but here are my 2 cents, I have 2 fire eels, 1 black spotted eel, 9(I think) fancy plecos, 4 elephant nose, 9 bichirs, 1 afer knifefish, and 2 butis butis with my BGK. In my experience eels tend to ignore knifefish. With plecs you do rn the risk of slime sucking however if you stay away from the Genera Pterygoplichthys(commons and sailfins) that risk is drastically reduced. Also to increase the time you see your BGK try to make your hides visible to you an example is I have driftwood leaning against the glass. You may consider mormyrids like the elephant nose but they should be kept in groups of 4 or more or they get depressed, plus the bigger the group the funner they are to watch
Food is always the point w BGK's if you can secure a renewable resource for them you're a head of the game. My fire eel Jetsom gets along with my Knife but my Tire track got really nasty towards it and I had to re-home Flotsam
if youre going to be running the tank with a sandy substrate how about a school of corys on the bottom, once you get into double digits with them its really an impressive sight, would be like a moving carpet under your knife. as far as other tankmates go what about annostomus, barred silver dollars, discus, dwarf cichlids or hatchetfish?
