Have you looked into leaf fish? They are very predatory, and will eat fish whole. Can put a few in the 30g. (idk if this matters anymore.)
New to "monster" fish. need help deciding on some.
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Seems like you would only be happy with a Gulper Catfish. No teeth, but it is awesome to see a fish swallow a feeder thats noticably larger than it. Well if you keep giving it massive feeders, you'll end up feeding him like once a week or smth.
For a 29 gallon, is approx. 20 Exodons the right number give or take? I'm guessing that a 2" one is a big one, so maybe more towards 12-18 would be better. What do you guys think?
Great Basin Benji;3427537; said:For a 29 gallon, is approx. 20 Exodons the right number give or take? I'm guessing that a 2" one is a big one, so maybe more towards 12-18 would be better. What do you guys think?
Its kinda ridiculous. if you actually look at 20 exodons in a 29 you will easily find yourself thinking the tank looks a bit empty still.
I think the 1 inch per gallon rule applies more to bigger fish + bio load. 30 exodons can easily maneuver the tank with freedom to spare. just throw on a good filter and your set. (some people who never owned exodons believe they grow to their maximum recorded size of 6" but if you ever see them get past 4", tell the folks at guiness world records and then move to a bigger tank accordingly)
looking at it like this, it makes sense to use 1" per gallon on a single fish that moves as a unit of multiple inches of mass.
Basically: you can't fit a 20" wheel into a cannon, but you can fit 20 1" marbles into it VERY easily. get it?
Great Basin Benji;3427537; said:For a 29 gallon, is approx. 20 Exodons the right number give or take? I'm guessing that a 2" one is a big one, so maybe more towards 12-18 would be better. What do you guys think?
they average around 3" in a captive environment. 4" is very big for an aquarium, regardless of what other people might have you believe the "average" is.
put it this way. i have over 300 exodons. if the average were, say, 5". this would mean in my group of 300 (just so we're working with round numbers. and because i dont have an exact count. lol) i would have quite a few of 5" exodons, as well as a few that are over the 5" mark, to make up for the 2-3" on the low side.
however, i dont think i have a single one that measures a true 4" from the head to the caudal peduncle.
i have been told by experts who have worked directly with this species in the wild that they do occasionally capture larger ones in the wild, though i have not seen anything documented.
bitteraspects;3442339; said:they average around 3" in a captive environment. 4" is very big for an aquarium, regardless of what other people might have you believe the "average" is.
put it this way. i have over 300 exodons. if the average were, say, 5". this would mean in my group of 300 (just so we're working with round numbers. and because i dont have an exact count. lol) i would have quite a few of 5" exodons, as well as a few that are over the 5" mark, to make up for the 2-3" on the low side.
however, i dont think i have a single one that measures a true 4" from the head to the caudal peduncle.
i have been told by experts who have worked directly with this species in the wild that they do occasionally capture larger ones in the wild, though i have not seen anything documented.
For once i agree. And also. with any fish (if size is the only concern). You can't have a 30" fish in a 30 gal, but you can have 30 1" fishes because they each take up a dispersed area and have alot to swim in individually.
so in the case of small fish, inch per gallon = null.
