Hi, I'm new to MFK, but have been keeping fish for as long as I remember.
As much as I love these awesome fish, finding tankmates for the little buggers is nearly impossible. Their appetites for other fish is too great for a lot of the species found in your LFS. So, I have a 45 gallon tank with two full-grown hujeta 'gar', two young angelfish, and two swordtails. The tank, according to some resources online, is too small for my hujetas. However, I already have them and they have ample room to swim. I'm planning on making a South American Biotope, and I'm having trouble with finding tank mates for my 'gar'. My first question: are 4 angelfish in a 45 gallon tank overstocked? If not, are there any other SA fish I can include that wont be gobbled up? (Keep in mind that one of them has tried to eat a half-dollar-sized angelfish.) I have ~50 gambusia affinis in there for a constant food supply so that my hujetas can eat a small fish when they're hungry, instead of eating a (prized) koi swordtail when it's starving.
Thankyou!
As much as I love these awesome fish, finding tankmates for the little buggers is nearly impossible. Their appetites for other fish is too great for a lot of the species found in your LFS. So, I have a 45 gallon tank with two full-grown hujeta 'gar', two young angelfish, and two swordtails. The tank, according to some resources online, is too small for my hujetas. However, I already have them and they have ample room to swim. I'm planning on making a South American Biotope, and I'm having trouble with finding tank mates for my 'gar'. My first question: are 4 angelfish in a 45 gallon tank overstocked? If not, are there any other SA fish I can include that wont be gobbled up? (Keep in mind that one of them has tried to eat a half-dollar-sized angelfish.) I have ~50 gambusia affinis in there for a constant food supply so that my hujetas can eat a small fish when they're hungry, instead of eating a (prized) koi swordtail when it's starving.
Thankyou!
