Poly and chalceus

[carptpythn]

I wanted to add a pink tailed chalceus to my senegal's tank. My sen is about 9inches and the pink tail is about 7". I need a mid to top swimming fish. I had a bush fish but my bichir thrashed it. Don't know why. The bush was 5" and was told they would be ok together. He also ate my butterfly fish. This guys were small though 3" maybe. It's a 65 gallon. Also has a big hoplo cat and spotted raphael cat.

Any advice on the pink tail or any other fish that may work??

Thanks

 

[beblondie]

You do realize you have pretty much answered you're own question.How big is your tank?

 

[CTU2fan]

I have a chal in my 170G comm along with my senegal. My sen pays the chal no mind, but if yours is the type to be nipping/harassing/trying to eat tankmates you might have trouble. I highly highly doubt a 9" sen could even kill never mind eat a 7" pinktail chal, but if he's a nipper your chalceus might well kill itself ramming the tank walls, I got my chal at around 4" and had it growing out in a 55G and it was forever beating itself up in there, I finally tried it in the big tank and got lucky.

 

[willie_peeps]

In my opinion one of the better fish to add with polys. They dont seem acknowledge each other, dont compete for food, occupy the same teritory. I have a pink tail in my poly tank.

 

[badreverend]

I have had a shoal of 2 pinks and 2 redtailed chalceus in 60" tank for a long time now and Ive had 3 baby senegals grow out to reach almost a foot, a 12" delhezi, and I have a very small endli with them now and I dont think they even know that there is any other fish in the tank. Oh and they started at 1 and 2" and theyre over 6" now. Good luck but I dont think youll need it

 

[vanimate]

I had this combo with no problems at all