Introduction

[Kieranuk]

I am new to large fish keeping and was wondering if I could get some advice . I currently have a 180L juwel aquarium with various pleco's , parrot fish, clown loaches, angelfish and a quite a few more different one's. I saw a oscar the other day and decided to start keeping larger fish. I will be getting a 450L (100G) tank in about a month or two and was wondering if you could reccomend and good large fish. I would prefer a large community set-up instead of a species tank. Do you know if fire wood catfish are okey as I like them. I also like stingray's , arowana's (blue), dragon fish, red tailed cat's and tiger oscars. Would I be okey with those fish or would I be better off with some different ones? I am new to this so have no idea how many I can get. Also are they any snakehead species which can be mixed okey with larger fish and do not require a species tank.

Thanks,

Kieran

 

[WckedMidas]

post some pics dude and very wellcome to the site

 

[piranha45]

For big fish like oscars and large catfish, a 100g isnt nearly as big as you would like to think it is...

stay away from arrowana and red tail catfish. these fish get 3-4 feet long and need something more in the 240g-500g range.

Stingrays require 50%+ weekly waterchanges. Or they will quickly collapse and die.

If you can keep up the waterchange, an oscar, a ray, a pictus/synodontis catfish and a school of silver dollars would work in a 100g.

 

[Kieranuk]

I will try and get some pics posted. Where do I go for a tank the size I need as Juwel tanks only go up to 450L max?

 

[piranha45]

http://www.glasscages.com is the cheapest and generally best place to purchase aquariums from.

 

[Kieranuk]

Thanks but I need a supplier from the UK. Could I keep a small arowana and red tailed cat for awhyle then sell it on when it gets too big or will it outgrow my tank quick? I would like a 800G tank but theres not really anywhere it could go where it would look okey.

 

[piranha45]

you could keep a 3" specimen in there for a couple months if you wanted, yeah

 

[Kieranuk]

I wouldnt mind the big water changes as I can syphon it out into the sink and fill it back up with buckets. Would I be restricted to what sort of ray I could get?

 

[RTairgun]

you could keep a 3" specimen in there for a couple months if you wanted, yeah

wow... arowanas grow that fast? that about crushes my hopes of ever having one... till i hit the lottery or something

 

[RTairgun]

oops btw... Kieranuk! When you get those big tanks post some pics so I have more to drool over