Paretrplus menarambo with Polypterus

[cockroach]

My 180gal is now at the plumbing stage and should be ready in a week or two. I was thinking of house D. Compressiceps but was talked out of it probably for the better.

Now my new question is will i be able to keep 6-8 P. Menarambo in the tank with my Polypterus? Will the filtration be adequate with a sump of 45gal and a mag drive pump of 4500L?

Again, suggestions, comments or general opinions all welcome whether they are good or bad.

Thanks
Roach

 

[jiapei]

pump is ok, but a bigger sump would be better.
and if your meanrambos are too small, they may be feeders.

 

[cockroach]

The tank also has an over flow chamber built on the side of about 10-12 gals that will be filled with bio-balls and will be a wet/dry section. As the fish grow i will be adding 1 or 2 fluidized bed filters rated for 750L to the sump so i reckon that should do it. The menarambo we get here are usually 3-4" so the size is not a worrying factor for me.

What I am concerned about is the menarambo picking on the polys or hurting them. I want to keep the tank with african fish only and will be adding an african tiger fish (hydrocynus vitattus) as a grow out until it can go in my 310gal.