I am looking for some advice on the inhabitants I plan to place in my dream tank. Assuming that I have a large enough tank, could I expect to be able to house the following fish to full size:
1) oscar x1
2) black or silver arowana x1
3) red snook x1
4) pantano cihlid x1
5) peacock bass x1
6) oxydoras niger x2
7) giraffe catfish x1
8) giant raphael catfish x2
9) tinfoil barb x7
10) giant gourami x1
Mostly I am wondering:
a) will some be subject to being eaten when full grown? I've done some research and I 'think' it looks ok.
b) will I have difficulty raising them all together (from the start) because the growth spurts will place some in danger of being eaten? If not, is there a preferred swequence to raising these? I hav elooked and yes, some of these seem to grow super fast.
c) is the tank large enough to handle this much bioload? Should I reduce the oxyodoras niger and giant raphael catfish each to 1 only? Or reduce even more fish?
d) are there tempermental issues regardless of the 'being eaten' concern? E.g., one fish will get picked on too much with these particular fish in this tank.
e) are there some fish that should be swapped out for other fish that I have not listed to make a better choice?
I have some very modest experience in keeping fish for about 10 years. I have kept Oscars, Tinfoils, Plecos, Chocate Cichlids, Green Terrors in tanks of 150, 100, 75, 55 and 50 gallons. This is obviously a massive jump for me and any advice is most welcome.
1) oscar x1
2) black or silver arowana x1
3) red snook x1
4) pantano cihlid x1
5) peacock bass x1
6) oxydoras niger x2
7) giraffe catfish x1
8) giant raphael catfish x2
9) tinfoil barb x7
10) giant gourami x1
Mostly I am wondering:
a) will some be subject to being eaten when full grown? I've done some research and I 'think' it looks ok.
b) will I have difficulty raising them all together (from the start) because the growth spurts will place some in danger of being eaten? If not, is there a preferred swequence to raising these? I hav elooked and yes, some of these seem to grow super fast.
c) is the tank large enough to handle this much bioload? Should I reduce the oxyodoras niger and giant raphael catfish each to 1 only? Or reduce even more fish?
d) are there tempermental issues regardless of the 'being eaten' concern? E.g., one fish will get picked on too much with these particular fish in this tank.
e) are there some fish that should be swapped out for other fish that I have not listed to make a better choice?
I have some very modest experience in keeping fish for about 10 years. I have kept Oscars, Tinfoils, Plecos, Chocate Cichlids, Green Terrors in tanks of 150, 100, 75, 55 and 50 gallons. This is obviously a massive jump for me and any advice is most welcome.
particularly in the catfish family lol
