Interested in keeping a wolf, advice needed

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Guys,

Currently i have two tanks, the smaller one being a discus tank measuring 130*50*50cm.
Although discus are super nice to see, do very well and the tank looks great with a lot of plants in there, its starting to itch again: i would like to keep some (small) monsters in that tank.

So ive been checking the forum and think a black wolf would be nice for that tank.
obviously the discus and small tankmates will be sold first, but i have some questions.

First: is the tank big enough for such a wolf. i intent to buy small.
Second: can i keep the tank planted? or like most bigger and less agile fish, will a wolf destroy all the green stuff?
Third: it would be great to add some other predators in the tank, maybe bichirs, snakeheads, etc. what do you guys recommend? is that a real possibility with a black wolf?

Hope you can help me out. Ive kept many monsters, including Erythrinus, but never a true wolf, so info is well appreciated.
 
thanks for the quick reply.

any other fish that can be added safely?

currently there are quite a lot of plants. i assume a wolf wil like that and just swim/chill between them or do they require a cenrtain amount of open space?
 
That sounds like a 75 gallon tank if I did the conversion to inches correctly. That may be fine for a smaller curupira, but he'll definitely appreciate a larger tank when he grows a bit. Mine is in a 125 gallon, and I fully intend to go larger for him as needed. They aren't the sit and park type of wolf, so they do use a good amount of space while swimming.

While it won't purposely uproot plants and rockwork like a big cichlid, they're definitely powerful enough to knock stuff around while swimming. Plan on needing to re-plant stuff over time as they'll most likely get uprooted occasionally.

It should be comfortable swimming between plants and may even find a favorite spot to relax within the plants, but they do seem to appreciate open swimming space areas as well. If you can provide a planted section as well as an open area to swim a bit, then he should be happy.
 
Howdy,

Depends on your substrate. If you have sand, then better get large gravel to put around your plants. He'll definitely uproot some with the stroke of his tail. Otherwise should be ok.

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Thanks guys!

been thinkin abit about tankmates. i'm a bit worried one single monster might be a bit boring in the long rong? what do you think?
i do like a bit more fish in a tank, a monster comm. any options here with a black wolf?

other option is to go with an Erythrinus and some nice other fish. what do you guys think of that?
 
You can keep golden wolves in groups. One of teh erythrinus sps. They swim around and are active.
 
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