Help stocking my tank.

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ado124

ado124

Jack Dempsey
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**I posted this in the aro section but wanted the help of the datnoid guys too**

Hey guys! I haven't been back on this forums since my 30" black aro jumped out of my tank. We'll I've decided to start again and have recently set up my 75g as a temporary tank.

The fish I'm interested in are: An arowana, a ray, and datnoids.

Not sure if this is the right section to post this question but I was wondering if this combo would work out okay: jardini, a ray or two (motoro or leopoldi), and a datnoid or two.

I know jardinis can get aggressive but I planned on adding the jardini last in an effort to maybe prevent too much aggression. I don't want to get a silver or a black again because I feel they get too big and a tank smaller than 400g would be torturing them.

I also know that NGT Datnoids are also very aggressve, especially to each other, but how are they to other fish?

Will the rays be alright?

My previous set up was: a black arowana, a reticulated ray, a hystrix ray, a TSN, and a red tailed cat. So I have some experience with these fish, but after my black aro died the tanks just went downhill.

I planned on stocking them in this order:
1-two NGTs first (since I heard they grow the slowest and there are two for sale at my LFS)
2-a ray or two
3- jardini

Suggestions? comments? Thanks in advance for any help you guys might be able to give me!
 
what size is the tank ?

must be very big if you had RTC and TSN

i wouldnt put 2 x NGT in the same tank they will kill each other
 
Yeah, I just did some more reading and seems like if I want multiple dat's I should go with four or more?

The tank was a 120g, they weren't that big yet and planned on getting a bigger tank till stuff started going down hill.

As with this set up. I plan on gettin a tank of atleast 300g within the next two years.
 
4+ Dats would be better then 2, if you want all the same species. If you are set on 2, you can try 2 different species of Dats. Dats are less aggressive with other species of Dats then they are with there own kind.

T1k is right, 2 NGT is nearly impossible.
 
ado124;2525594; said:
Yeah, I just did some more reading and seems like if I want multiple dat's I should go with four or more?

The tank was a 120g, they weren't that big yet and planned on getting a bigger tank till stuff started going down hill.

As with this set up. I plan on gettin a tank of atleast 300g within the next two years.
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if you want to start with those 3 fish I would recommend using the 120 as your grow out. And a 30" aro in a 120 no wonder he jumped out.

As stated 1 NGT is fine but they dont like their own kind so 2 is a no go.
 
Thanks for the replies! My aro seemed fine but yeah, I don't plan on getting another S.A. aro as they get too big too fast.

Anyways, thanks again for the replies. So a single NGT should be fine with the rays and jardini?
 
other tigers are fine in groups

its NGT that hate each other most even with 5 or 6 NGT you will still have problems
 
ado124;2526278; said:
Thanks for the replies! My aro seemed fine but yeah, I don't plan on getting another S.A. aro as they get too big too fast.

Anyways, thanks again for the replies. So a single NGT should be fine with the rays and jardini?
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Jardinis are known tankmate killers and best to be kept solo, read this thread:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=23838
 
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