I want to know if there would be any contradictions in this tank like any fish being aggressive or killing everything else, please alert me of any problems. app used to create the layout was "Fishi"
How does this tank look? 1000 gallon community dream tank.
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I think inverts and small fish would eventually get eaten.
I was hoping they would breed and maybe become a food source, you think that wouldnt work out?
In the long run, probably not.
A 1000 gal tank, I'd put stingrays in.
Guppies and shrimp would be eaten by everyone. Archer are brackishso they are out. Lung fish can get between 3 and 4 feet with a appetite for snails and other fish. Even with big tanks your better setting up for your favorite fish and going from there with tankmates.
Actually, there are freshwater archerfish species, specifically clouded archers. But I agree with everyone about the shrimp, guppies and other smaller fish. I would recommend some much larger fish. Or a massive community of small fish.
the aquarium of the pacific says that archerfish can live in fresh or brackish water, would freshwater not allow them to thrive in the same way?
Perhaps based off your list you could do the clown loaches, 1 Fire Eel, 1 Chinese hi fin banded Shark, and a bunch of archers.
Or the BGK, Arowana, and some cichlids.
Or giant tank full of mini fish, guppies, snails, rams, shrimp, corys, etc. Perhaps that with Discus (just take out the shrimp unless you do the really large shrimp breeds such as vampire or bamboo).
For brackish species, correct. Brackish archers can live in freshwater temporarily as juvys, but they have to eventually move to brackish. Pure freshwater archers on the other hand, can live in freshwater their entire lives. Like I mentioned above, clouded archers are the best option, albeit expensive (at least in my area), usually around 40-50+ per fish.
If you put brackish species forever (and this goes for any brackish water species) in freshwater, they will suffer, usually with a short lifespan and many health problems.