I've had the leopard bush fish for maybe 2 years and would hate to have to give away but I don't want to do the wrong thing and keep the fish in a smaller tank than needed...I read some places online that a 50 gallon minimum is required which means it has the same footprint ( 36" x 18") as a 40 breeder, it's just slightly taller. Please tell me it's okay to keep the fish in a 40 breeder?
Can I keep my leopard ctenopoma in a 40 breeder?
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Only fish?
If so id say yeah. Mine move around but over all hes pretty lazy.
If so id say yeah. Mine move around but over all hes pretty lazy.
awesome but I have an albino bichir in the tank as well. I do not plan on adding anymore fish. Do you think it's okay?
Depends on bichir size. My ctenopoma is in with 11 rope fish and 9 bichirs of varying sizes in a 180. They are fine together. I would guess as long as he cant eat the bichir they'll be fine. I worry more about water quality.
I really hope it's okay for me to do this and thanks for your opinion, I think I may just continue to take care of them in the 40 breeder unless it's absolutely not okay...the bichir and the ctenopoma are around the same size and seem to get along well as tankmates...they sleep together in the same rather large java fern plant I have in the tank...I have the marineland biowheel emperor filter rated for a 75 gallon tank, the flow isn't too overbearing. It has 2 biowheels and I have a big bag of mixed biomedia in the filter as well...
A 40 breeder is completely fine for that fish. A leopard ctenopoma has more space in there than an oscar has in a 180 gallon.
