Can i add a CK?

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Bizzaro

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I thinking of getting a 4inch clownknife. raise him inside my 60 tell his big enough for the 240g. So inside my 60 i have a dozen molly (they keep breeding) 8OTOs, 2TSAE and i think but i might have lost him 2 rosy shrimps.... I might add more smaller fish that will get eaten buy the clown knife to keep him away from my otos and SAE... will this work? SHould i also add a ton of plants? for him to break the line of sight so he doesnt wipe out the hole tank in one night.
 
I don't know if adding more small fish is going to save the other small fish. Plants might not help cuz I hear they'll dig things up just to get to prey.
 
he'll still get the mollies.
 
Well im not all for the mollies, i dont care if they are all gone. Its the Oto i don't want him to eat. and the SAE. ClownKnifes love planted tanks. Or from what Ive been told.
 
Even the otos man.... :( then hmmm lame. what is theirs 60+ guppies hopefully he cant eat him self on the easy targets... to come to it... i think the otto fish will be a easiest target lol.
 
Bizzaro;1451063; said:
Even the otos man.... :( then hmmm lame. what is theirs 60+ guppies hopefully he cant eat him self on the easy targets... to come to it... i think the otto fish will be a easiest target lol.

Hes going to eat them one way or another, whether its a day, week or months from now they will be eaten.

Jimmy
 
oh Ok ill just keep him inside his own 29L tell he out grows that tank.
 
Put your smaller fish in your smaller tank. Put the clown knife in the 60 till he gets bigger. They will eat anything they want to. Can't stop nature. My Golden CK is 22" and still growing. He pulls my plants out of the substrate to see the goldfish better. I also have a 6" baby Golden CK in a hundred gallon full of other fish (barbs, gouramis, etc). Right now they are too big for him to eat. That will change. He will be put in my pond once one fish is missing. Minnows and guppies are his diet right now. These fish are capable of growing to large sizes. I have pictures to prove it. Keep that in mind.
 
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