Hi! I have a channa sp assam in a 20G aquarium, he has 5'' and a half... He has as a tankmate a ancistrus sp. and he doesn't show signs of agression... What tankmates can i put there? I was thinking in a african butterfly fish...
Channa sp assam tankmates
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sp assam is a sub-tropical species and as such should not be kept with species from africa
if you are keeping your sp assam in tropical tank then it will not last long , they need at least six months of the year at 15-19deg , in the rest of the year temps can be allowed to raise to lower end tropical around 26deg , if these rules are not followed the assam will die of a bacterial infection within a year .
the best tankmate would be an assam of the following sex , if you must have another type of fish in with it , then sp assam will get along with most fish that are not too aggresive to stress the assam , as long as the tempreture reqs are taken into consideration. they genrally do not eat other fish
suitable fish would include any of the same to medium sized indian sub tropical fish
cheers col
if you are keeping your sp assam in tropical tank then it will not last long , they need at least six months of the year at 15-19deg , in the rest of the year temps can be allowed to raise to lower end tropical around 26deg , if these rules are not followed the assam will die of a bacterial infection within a year .
the best tankmate would be an assam of the following sex , if you must have another type of fish in with it , then sp assam will get along with most fish that are not too aggresive to stress the assam , as long as the tempreture reqs are taken into consideration. they genrally do not eat other fish
suitable fish would include any of the same to medium sized indian sub tropical fish
cheers col
I read about that thing of the temperature... but my assam has been living almost 2 years at 24ºC... and he never had any problem...
I just want the best for my fish so... i will decrease the temperature of my aquarium to 17ºC in the winter... But what fish will support that temperature? (indian sub tropical fish)
I just want the best for my fish so... i will decrease the temperature of my aquarium to 17ºC in the winter... But what fish will support that temperature? (indian sub tropical fish)
what are the diamensions of the tank ?
to be honest i would probably just put one male in there and two females , hopefully the male will chose one of the females and you would be left with a true pair. if you can get a good pic up we could probably tell you if yours is male or female.
actually your tank being at 24deg is not to bad , as that is lower end tropical higher end sub-tropical , but they do indeed benifit from a cooling winter period.
if adding other sp.assam you would need to plant quite heavy either plastic or real , but they do need space to get out of each other way.
as for sub-tropical indian fish , there are many , here is a list of some , this list is no where near compleate , there is not even any snakeheads on it
taken from aquariumwiki - note not all would make good tank mates or indeed good fish for a 20gal so some research on each fish would be needed
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to be honest i would probably just put one male in there and two females , hopefully the male will chose one of the females and you would be left with a true pair. if you can get a good pic up we could probably tell you if yours is male or female.
actually your tank being at 24deg is not to bad , as that is lower end tropical higher end sub-tropical , but they do indeed benifit from a cooling winter period.
if adding other sp.assam you would need to plant quite heavy either plastic or real , but they do need space to get out of each other way.
as for sub-tropical indian fish , there are many , here is a list of some , this list is no where near compleate , there is not even any snakeheads on it
taken from aquariumwiki - note not all would make good tank mates or indeed good fish for a 20gal so some research on each fish would be needed
- Acanthorhodeus asmussi
- Acheilognathus chankaensis
- Acipenser brevirostrum
- Acrochordonichthys rugosus
- Akysis prashadi
- Ambassis commersoni
- Ambystoma mexicanum
- Anguilla rostrata
- Aphyocharax anisitsi
- Aphyosemion loennbergii
- Aphyosemion ogoense
- Arius graeffei
- Asolene spixi
- Atractosteus spatula
- Atractosteus tristoechus
- Austrolebias nigripinnis
- Barbatula barbatula
- Batasio tigrinus
- Beaufortia kweichowensis
- Brachydanio rerio 'Leopard'
- Bufo americanus
- Callichthys callichthys
- Caquetaia umbrifera
- Caridina multidentata
- Cherax quadricarinatus
- Cichlasoma bimaculatum
- Cichlasoma portalegrense
- Corydoras ehrhardti
- Corydoras longipinnis
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- Hemibagrus wyckioides
- Hemisorubim platyrhynchos
- Hoplosternum littorale
- Hypentelium etowanum
- Hypentelium nigricans
- Hypentelium roanokense
- Hypseleotris compressa
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- Lefua costata
- Lefua echigonia
- Lefua nikkonis
- Leiopotherapon unicolor
- Lepisosteus platyrhincus
- Leptobotia mantschurica
- Lutjanus argentimaculatus
- Macquaria novemaculeata
- Macropodus ocellatus
- Macropodus opercularis
- Megalechis picta
- Mimagoniates lateralis
- Mogurnda adspersa
- Mystus bleekeri
- Myxocyprinus asiaticus
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- Parambassis wolffii
- Pelteobagrus fulvidraco
- Physa acuta
- Pimephales promelas
- Poecilia reticulata
- Poecilia sphenops
- Pomacea canaliculata
- Potamotrygon falkneri
- Procambarus alleni
- Procambarus clarkii
- Pseudambassis baculis
- Puntius arulius
- Puntius denisonii
- Puntius gelius
- Pyrrhulina rachoviana
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- Salmo trutta
- Sandelia bainsii
- Sandelia capensis
- Scaphirhynchus platorynchus
- Scleromystax barbatus
- Silurus glanis
- Sinibotia robusta
- Somileptus gongota
- Synbranchus marmoratus
- Syngnathus acus
- Tanichthys albonubes
- Tanichthys micagemmae
- Thalassoma bifasciatum
- Thalassoma hardwicke
- Thalassoma jansenii
- Thalassoma pavo
- Thalassoma rueppellii
- Triplophysa dorsalis
- Triplophysa stoliczkai
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Y