Min. tank sizes?
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vaine111;3601859; said:
what the hell is a canuck? .. and i'm just saying. i have my friends and stuff for talking to. and i have you guys for expert fish opinions .. as my friends aren't much good to me in that field. he made a very unneccisary, stupid at that, comment which wasn't helpful at all. ... it appears he was the one just looking for someone to talk to or something to do ..
L021;3601929; said:
thanks, so if i attpempted to put it in with a snakehead or 2 and a gar. maybe a lima cat it would go after them? and it might be bigger then 150 yet. could go up to 240 or whatever. just depends on what deals are onlnie which is rare. i just happened to bump into a 150 so thats an option i mentioned.
Bderick67;3602090; said:This is why these type threads are bad.
There is no 150g that would support a full grown jardini. If you want correct information you need to post individual questions in the respective forums.
ya. well this thread got out of hand a bit. it was one simple question that just kept going and going. .. and whats your opinion about the jardini? i just noticed a thread of people talking about some jardini that was over 24" and apperently thats a huge jardini? .. if they only get to 20" ish on average i don't see why a 180 wouldn't do? i mean yeah there are people that have grown to over 8' but to say it's not practical to put a man in a house with 7' ceilings because he could grow to 8and a half feet is out to lunch lol. im looking for average size of these. not worst case scinario. whats your opinion on the jardini?
we're no experts. although some my profess to be. none of us are icthyologist. we're just here to bounce theory and fact off of one another, in times of need.
Acura_RSX;3602101; said:
Again this is why I stress, ask questions about a particular fish in it's respective forum. Your chances of receiving valid info are greatly increased. An adult jardini will get to at least 24", the absolute minimum tank should be a 6x2x2' 180g tank. Though if the jar should get closer to 30" that 180g will become cramped.
This is a bad comparision but as far as the man in the house, average for a male human is just over 6 foot. So by your thinking with fish, a 6' ceiling should be fine
Bderick67;3602146; said:Again this is why I stress, ask questions about a particular fish in it's respective forum. Your chances of receiving valid info are greatly increased. An adult jardini will get to at least 24", the absolute minimum tank should be a 6x2x2' 180g tank. Though if the jar should get closer to 30" that 180g will become cramped.
This is a bad comparision but as far as the man in the house, average for a male human is just over 6 foot. So by your thinking with fish, a 6' ceiling should be fine
no :S .. i said a 7 foot celieing .. how is that my theory. i was putting a 30" fish in a 30" tank. although i do like your sig .. try that out someday
lol. and its not a good comparison but its how i see it as in .. you guys seem to assume the absolute biggest. like a new discovery comes out that one fish of a certain species grew 4" longer then any other one in history ever and all of a sudden everyone has to go buy a bigger tank just to get that fish because ya never know .. lol. thats just my opinion. i could be wrong but in alot of my experience in reading these threads people seem to assume every fish of that speices will grow to the biggest length ever recorded. i could be completely wrong but thats just my observations from reading the threads for a year. but this is why i'm getting my advice now. i'm majoring in busniess but next semester and hopefully the semester after i'm taking some aquaculture classes to help learn a few things. then i'll be able to contribute back to the site with advice hopefully.and to the other comment .. when i say expert i don't mean you have a degree in it. i mean you seem to know a hell of alot more then me about it and have in alot of cases gone through the same situation yourselves. education/reading makes a good teacher but experience is what makes an expert. and also to add this is why i like more then one opinion. people seem to get super stuck up on it if i look for other opinions are theirs .. I don't get that, like i took strictly the first piece of advice that i could keep a sturgon in a 100 gal tank or couldnt keep a tiger barb in a 500 gallon then id be getting wrong info so i always like to get a few opinions. even if your info is dead on right don't get offended if i look to see who will agree/disagree with you. it's not that i'm LOOKING for someone who will disagree, it's just that i like to get a few opinions.
I can remember just last year, when keeping an oscar in a 50 gallon wasn't a crime...
Anyways, The wee issue with jars is that they have a lot of attitude. Fish like snakeheads will tear them in two, whereas they will tear the pike in two. Adonis and other massive plecos are the only ones that come to mind as suitable tankmates.
Anyways, The wee issue with jars is that they have a lot of attitude. Fish like snakeheads will tear them in two, whereas they will tear the pike in two. Adonis and other massive plecos are the only ones that come to mind as suitable tankmates.
L021;3602210; said:
haha oh i remember it perfectly .. this time 6 months ago everyone said ya go for it put the oscar in your 50 if hes alone he will be fine for a long while maybe life. .. no 6 months later almost everyone is like holy **** .. you need to get him in a 150 lol. seems like it gets worse as the times go's along lol.
and ya the snakeheads aren't so important. i like em but if i can't keep them with anything i like ill ditch them. and the aro isn't essiential either but would be great if i could fit one in there that would co exist with the other fish i like. anyone else see problems between the fish i like? .. like a bichir (prob endli), a gar a lima and an oscar .. would that combo of four get along? if so are there any fish which are smaller .. 6 inch's maybe or whatever size that could co exist with these?
