bowfin and tankmates... pls advise!

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hey finally found my bowfin, all just wondered if it would be ok to put him in with aro's, poly, dats mixed cichlids, pbass, tsn and plecs? advise on any safe combo or whether its worth the risk... obviously i wouldn't risk any fish that would fit in his mouth.... got a while till i collect and a spare tank if any thing gopes wrong or i decide he gets a solo... thanks for your help!
 
they get nasty when bigger, eat anything..u might have some casualties ..the pbass will probably end up eating it if get s 2 big...
 
how big is your bowfin?
 
The problem with dogfish is when small everything likes to eat them, and when large they like to eat anything they can get in their mouths. If you can avoid getting one under 6" he might not become food the first day.
 
ermgravy;1034430; said:
hey finally found my bowfin, all just wondered if it would be ok to put him in with aro's, poly, dats mixed cichlids, pbass, tsn and plecs? advise on any safe combo or whether its worth the risk... obviously i wouldn't risk any fish that would fit in his mouth.... got a while till i collect and a spare tank if any thing gopes wrong or i decide he gets a solo... thanks for your help!
Your going to have to do some of your own experimenting. Some combs that work for some people arn't going to work for you. Start with fish that are to big for the bowfin to eat and fish that are to small to eat the bowfin and narrow it down from there. More rounded or disk like fish like buttikoferi and big cons will work for fish the bowfin won't eat, but I am giving you no guarantees those fish are also very aggressive. I have a friendly buttikoferi that would be compatible, but other people have ones with terrible attitudes it all depends on the fish. Look at some of fish Fishguts has in with his bowfin. He just experiments and trys to find out what gets along.
Good Luck.
 
ermgravy;1034430; said:
hey finally found my bowfin, all just wondered if it would be ok to put him in with aro's, poly, dats mixed cichlids, pbass, tsn and plecs? advise on any safe combo or whether its worth the risk... obviously i wouldn't risk any fish that would fit in his mouth.... got a while till i collect and a spare tank if any thing gopes wrong or i decide he gets a solo... thanks for your help!

I'm sure a bowfin would love to be in a tank with anything that is too small to eat him:WHOA: Of course then he would eat them. I've seen bowfin attack fish larger than themselves in the wild while scuba diving, of course they were protecting thier young but I'm sure they don't need that excuss:popcorn:
 
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