Moving My Silver?

[pi-eyed]

My silver is about 12" long and I'm wondering if he is too small to put in with a 16" clown knife and a couple large pacu in my much larger tank? I have a gt,jd,midas and a jag in this tank also. The only fish I'm worried about harming the aro would be the pacu(they seem to think everything is food--lol). I have to move my trimac out of the big tank because she is a beautiful but crazy mean fish..The only tank I have available is the arowana tank. This trimac has killed one of my previous aros so putting the trimac and aro together is out of the question..

I would greatly appreciate your input!!!
Thanks all,
Chris

 

[McPhishy]

The pacu are veggie eaters and the clown knife would be fine.

I would actually be worry about the jag, GT, and JD. All these cichlids are pretty aggressive.

 

[pi-eyed]

Most of the fish in my large tank are laid back and passive unless provoked(which the trimac is doing a good job of harassing them--in fact I had tf barb jump out last night due to her,I found him in time)..Mdas is the king of the tank though...Well first things first--I have to get some glass or acrylic for tops before I move the aro -- if I move the aro...


P.S. I'm still interested in the black aro- phishy I'll pm you

Thanks all,
Chris

 

[Loves severums]

how big is the tank?

 

[redheadeartheater]

should be fine

 

[pi-eyed]

My large tank is 300 gal.. My other tank is a 180.. My 12" aro is currently in a 75..

Thanks,
Chris

 

[McPhishy]

My large tank is 300 gal.. My other tank is a 180.. My 12" aro is currently in a 75..

Thanks,
Chris

300 gallon would totally be fine. If you say all those other cichlids are passive, the silver should be fine.

 

[rhodes_96]

My silver is about 12" long and I'm wondering if he is too small to put in with a 16" clown knife and a couple large pacu in my much larger tank? I have a gt,jd,midas and a jag in this tank also. The only fish I'm worried about harming the aro would be the pacu(they seem to think everything is food--lol). I have to move my trimac out of the big tank because she is a beautiful but crazy mean fish..The only tank I have available is the arowana tank. This trimac has killed one of my previous aros so putting the trimac and aro together is out of the question..

I would greatly appreciate your input!!!
Thanks all,
Chris

I would be more worried about the clown knife. A hungry clown knife can be aggressive when the lights go off, especially if you have not feed it for more than a day or so.
It's a hard one to call whether it will work. From experience I probably wouldn't. If the aro was around 24'' then I might consider it if the tank was big enough. With clown knives involved in the tank, I would prefer the tank to be at least 2.5' high to keep more of a buffer between the top level and bottom levels of the tank.


How big is your tank ?

 

[Bderick67]

I would be more worried about the clown knife. A hungry clown knife can be aggressive when the lights go off, especially if you have not feed it for more than a day or so.
It's a hard one to call whether it will work. From experience I probably wouldn't. If the aro was around 24'' then I might consider it if the tank was big enough. With clown knives involved in the tank, I would prefer the tank to be at least 2.5' high to keep more of a buffer between the top level and bottom levels of the tank.

Solid advice,

 

[Loves severums]

I would be more worried about the clown knife. A hungry clown knife can be aggressive when the lights go off, especially if you have not feed it for more than a day or so.
It's a hard one to call whether it will work. From experience I probably wouldn't. If the aro was around 24'' then I might consider it if the tank was big enough. With clown knives involved in the tank, I would prefer the tank to be at least 2.5' high to keep more of a buffer between the top level and bottom levels of the tank.


How big is your tank ?[/QUOTE]
he say. "My large tank is 300 gal.."