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If you want a pair I would get 5-6 juvie jags from various LFS if possible, and then grow them out and keep the best looking pair. As long as the bichirs have plenty of hiding spots I would see no problem with 2 or 3.

What type of filtration will you be running?
 
FormulatedFire said:
If you want a pair I would get 5-6 juvie jags from various LFS if possible, and then grow them out and keep the best looking pair. As long as the bichirs have plenty of hiding spots I would see no problem with 2 or 3.

What type of filtration will you be running?
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Oh thanks for correcting me.
 
very rare to see pairs sold on CL. I would do what formulatedfire said and go to 2 or 3 stores and buy 2-3 jags from each and get your pair that way. Also if you do get a pair of jags you probly have alot of trouble keeping any other fish with the pair. When i had my pair they were killers. I was bitten alot by them from the time they were about 4 oir 5 inches till i sold them and the male was about 13 inches or so
 
By CL, I suppose you guys mean CraigsList?
Well Check my location, I am from India :)

And thank you all for the replies. I am running a canister along with 2 6000L/H internal filters. I am really tempted to go only with jags, but my parents wont allow. They say its a waste of space (Huge tank and only 4 fish?!?). Then again I dont blame them for it. Anyways, I was thinking of getting a pair of jags ASAP and them to the tank. It currently houses tinfoils, small rosy barbs, Blue gouramis, a few plecos, corries, a single 10" Black shark (NOT labeo Bicolor) and some Koi. Most likely rosy barbs and corries will be goners in the first week, till then I can rehouse the other fishes. I HATE rosy barbs.
 
Ashwin1224 said:
By CL, I suppose you guys mean CraigsList?
Well Check my location, I am from India :)

And thank you all for the replies. I am running a canister along with 2 6000L/H internal filters. I am really tempted to go only with jags, but my parents wont allow. They say its a waste of space (Huge tank and only 4 fish?!?). Then again I dont blame them for it. Anyways, I was thinking of getting a pair of jags ASAP and them to the tank. It currently houses tinfoils, small rosy barbs, Blue gouramis, a few plecos, corries, a single 10" Black shark (NOT labeo Bicolor) and some Koi. Most likely rosy barbs and corries will be goners in the first week, till then I can rehouse the other fishes. I HATE rosy barbs.
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Oh my gosh. show your parents a pic of a full size jag. Please do not let your parents do this. my parents think that i sometimes under stock my tanks. But they at least let me do what I want. sometimes My parents think overstocked tanks are understocked tanks. talk to your parents.
 
Ashwin1224 said:
By CL, I suppose you guys mean CraigsList?
Well Check my location, I am from India :)

And thank you all for the replies. I am running a canister along with 2 6000L/H internal filters. I am really tempted to go only with jags, but my parents wont allow. They say its a waste of space (Huge tank and only 4 fish?!?). Then again I dont blame them for it. Anyways, I was thinking of getting a pair of jags ASAP and them to the tank. It currently houses tinfoils, small rosy barbs, Blue gouramis, a few plecos, corries, a single 10" Black shark (NOT labeo Bicolor) and some Koi. Most likely rosy barbs and corries will be goners in the first week, till then I can rehouse the other fishes. I HATE rosy barbs.
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Yes we mean Cregs list
 
learn to spell oscaroo. Most people who are real fish keepers will tell you theres nothing better than a jag pair which is true. You could go another route and search for other fish in the parachromis family. There are loiselli, freddy, RTM. These fish will stay around a foot in length. You could also look into the veja species and the amphilophus species. A pair of amphs would do very nice in that tank.
 
AQUAMONSTER said:
learn to spell oscaroo. Most people who are real fish keepers will tell you theres nothing better than a jag pair which is true. You could go another route and search for other fish in the parachromis family. There are loiselli, freddy, RTM. These fish will stay around a foot in length. You could also look into the veja species and the amphilophus species. A pair of amphs would do very nice in that tank.
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Sorry I will try to spell better.
 
Thank you for all the replies. I am pretty sure I wanna go with Jags.
I can always have lots of guppies in the tank for my parents(right?) :D
 
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