Fish Keeping question

[mowiccan]

I've not had chichlids for a long time or aggressive fish period for quite a while.
A gentleman that works with my other half took down his 125 gal and gave me all his supplies & fish. (he's turning the tank into a lizard tank).

Anyway, I am not the owner of an 8" Golden Knife, about a 12" catfish (the wild looking kind), and a Pleco that is probably about 14" long. Those guys are the biggest. I also got a pair of Jack Dempseys, some tiger bards, 2 angels of good size and an eel that either the cat or someone ate or he's hiding really really good.

the gentleman had them all together in his 125 but I have them split up in different tanks although my tanks are a 75, 45 and a 29.

Can someone give me an idea on how to feed and care for these larger guys? What would some of them be worth if I don't have the right size tanks for them? The cat is already tearing up my 75 and all that is in there was rocks and some driftwood getting ready for africans until this came up.

Thanks for any help. I've had fish for years but not had any for a while and then went to just community tank style fish.

Thanks again
Sharon

 

[pdbrady]

Need a better description on the cat than "the wild looking kind" . You're going to need a tank much, much larger for the knife and pleco (and possibly the cat depending on what it is). The jacks, barbs and angels could go in your 75 with no problems (unless the jacks truley are "a pair"). As for feeding, pellets, frozen, feeze dried varieties. The knife may or may not be on the same food, but I'd try. If all those others were in with him, then he most likely is.

 

[mowiccan]

HI
I've been checking out the forum and I found some here, bullhead catfish. He looks like the fish in this picture but is brown from other searching on the net. http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14959
I'll see if I can find him a home somewhere as I really don't want that in my 125 once it's here and up and running. I should have it next weekend but of course it will take a while to get it going correctly.
I've only had them for a couple of days so am not sure if the Jacks are a pair or not. The larger of the 2 has his fins all tore up by someone.
I have the barbs in my 29 gal at the moment and the gold knife is in my 45 as it has lots of plants and hiding places as well as the angels. My smaller fish I moved to my 10 gal and am suppose to pick up a 55 from a neighbor he doesn't want any more to put my smaller fish in tomorrow or Tuesday depending on his work schedule.
thanks for the advice, I do appreciate it.
Sharon