have a 75 gallon (pictured in a different thread)... I originally planned on doing it as a female betta sanctuary... but seeing as how I added a blackghost knife fish into my tank and im pretty sure its injuring my bettas (I have all but 1 left), I want to get a fish that will grow reasonably large. I love to get them tiny and watch them grow to a full size pet.
Here's the fish I currently have in the tank.. i'd LIKE to keep them, but would RISK having them gobbled up by a growing fish...
4 Kuhli loaches (2 black, 2 striped)
2 bandit cory cats
1 pleco (5 inches and growing)
1 blackghost knife fish (6 inches)
1 female betta
1 headlight tetra
1 white cloud,
7 neons + 1 cardinal (adding 7 more neons soon to make a 15 fish grand total)
3 black neons
3 glowlight neons
I want to get something that I can find relatively small (4-6 inches) and have him grow up. The BGK will grow i'm aware, but seeing as how he's already big, nocturnal, and hides, I think he'd be ok in the tank with a bigger swimmer middle ground fish...
I wanted an Arowana, but I'm sure he'd gobble everything up.... and Oscar's are just ugly to me. Does anyone have any good recomendations? I like a fish with good personality, swims often, and will do ok with other smaller species. I've seen some GIANT 2ft+ gourami's that supposedly wont even touch feeder goldfish...but the gourami is also ugly as sin. I thought about angelfish, but they dont get much larger than 6"..... What is there I can get!
PS - FRESHWATER. duh
Here's the fish I currently have in the tank.. i'd LIKE to keep them, but would RISK having them gobbled up by a growing fish...
4 Kuhli loaches (2 black, 2 striped)
2 bandit cory cats
1 pleco (5 inches and growing)
1 blackghost knife fish (6 inches)
1 female betta
1 headlight tetra
1 white cloud,
7 neons + 1 cardinal (adding 7 more neons soon to make a 15 fish grand total)
3 black neons
3 glowlight neons
I want to get something that I can find relatively small (4-6 inches) and have him grow up. The BGK will grow i'm aware, but seeing as how he's already big, nocturnal, and hides, I think he'd be ok in the tank with a bigger swimmer middle ground fish...
I wanted an Arowana, but I'm sure he'd gobble everything up.... and Oscar's are just ugly to me. Does anyone have any good recomendations? I like a fish with good personality, swims often, and will do ok with other smaller species. I've seen some GIANT 2ft+ gourami's that supposedly wont even touch feeder goldfish...but the gourami is also ugly as sin. I thought about angelfish, but they dont get much larger than 6"..... What is there I can get!
PS - FRESHWATER. duh
