I think you could definitely have more than one, but your list is nuts. Maybe the sizes of these, one or two for the top/ middle and a couple for the bottom
Overstocked? or just right?
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I agree with Joshuakahan@. I think you could go for arowanas on top and stingrays on bottom. That would be an epic pairing.
It would be best to consider removing most of that stock list, redoing it, and re-stocking with appropriate options that fit your tank.
Remember, understocking is much better than overstocking.
Also, if you want your tank to be more "full," I would ditch the monster fish completely and go with some smaller cichlids, a massive school of tetras of barbs, a massive school of corys, etc.
Gotta be. Post an outrageous stocking list...get a few reactions...and then, once the thread starts to slide down the list towards oblivion...post another nonsense suggestion and bring it back up to the top.
Gotta be. Post an outrageous stocking list...get a few reactions...and then, once the thread starts to slide down the list towards oblivion...post another nonsense suggestion and bring it back up to the top.
I appreciate your comment brought me right back to the top!!!
I have been doing research and have been considering the inputs I have received and have come up with the below resolution.
If i remove the chines perch and the dat all the fish minus the flying river turtle will either be top dwellers or bottom dwellers. So it should be totally doable with the suggested stocking. Most keepers dont have a 36 inch tall tank so all the fish in most setups are more or less overlapping intersecting each other on a horizontal plane no matter how wide or long the tank is a majority of fish will occupy similar regions of the tank. I think breaking the stocking list of the tank into bottom dwellers and top dwellers makes it more like 2 tanks than 1. I dont want to overstock the tank because I do plan on breeding the rays so I do see the importance of striking a balance. Also dont plan on going through with the clown loaches or barb idea. You see we are making progress
I think clown loaches will be ok, as long as they are not too small when you get them and even get them first and let them grow out a bit or get the other ones very small. I would probably cut down the loaches quota by about 75% though to 6-8 at most. Even though they are slow growers they do get quite big eventually. They are a good dither fish and clean up crew. I have 5 in my 330G and they work well. Mine is full of young central american cichlids but none of them get much more than about 12 inches. Also, do you know if that list is compatible in regard to water chemistry. I wondered about the barra for a start.
1) leichardti or Australian arowana rarely get to 30”, i think the maximum size I’ve seen was 24 or 26”? Incompatible with your stocking not only because it’s overstocked but they are seriously territorial fish, most likely pose a huge problem to the stocking you suggested
2) I have never seen a 28” datnoid in my life. If you managed to find that please send me a picture. If you would like a smaller datnoid go for the American tiger. Maxes around 12”
What I would suggest for your stocking would be your Australian arowana, with a pair of smaller sized stingrays such as hystrix, mini marbled motoro. Hystrix have been bred in a 6 x 2 x2 indicating they do thrive in those tank size, so your 7 x 3 x 3 would be suitable. That’s just my opinion
2) I have never seen a 28” datnoid in my life. If you managed to find that please send me a picture. If you would like a smaller datnoid go for the American tiger. Maxes around 12”
What I would suggest for your stocking would be your Australian arowana, with a pair of smaller sized stingrays such as hystrix, mini marbled motoro. Hystrix have been bred in a 6 x 2 x2 indicating they do thrive in those tank size, so your 7 x 3 x 3 would be suitable. That’s just my opinion
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Well, why didn't you say so in the first place? I don't know anything about rays beyond what I have read on MFK, but they sound like tough, resilient fish that can take a beating. Let's get some of the "ray guys" to comment. I'll bet that swimming around in turtle poop and constantly battling nitrates in an overcrowded tank is the hot ticket for breeding them...
Oh, hey...get a couple of leichardti while you're at it. With a 2-in-1 tank like this, you can probably breed them right there with the rays!
I aim to please!
Well, why didn't you say so in the first place? I don't know anything about rays beyond what I have read on MFK, but they sound like tough, resilient fish that can take a beating. Let's get some of the "ray guys" to comment. I'll bet that swimming around in turtle poop and constantly battling nitrates in an overcrowded tank is the hot ticket for breeding them...
Just to make sure we are all on the same page. You can have an overstocked tank with Pristine water condition depending on the size of your filtration system and the frequency of water changes ect. That’s not the issue the issue is when you overcrowd/overstock tanks fish naturally release pheromones which can cause other fish to grow slower suppress their immune system which in turn makes them more susceptible to disease even if the water quality is top notch. I think they observed this in koi. This is why fish grow slower in an overstocked pond even if fed at the same rate. I don’t know if this only applies to fish of the same species or all fish in their environment.
