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[meiling]

I have a 15" silver with a pet angel and worthless defunct lemon of a pleco. I'm putting them into a 150 gal next week. Where I am the water is very hard. I'd like to get a few more fish to entertain myself, but a. no tail nippers, the aro only munches neons and expensive guppies. He previously had 2 elephant nose but they were suicidal. They are electric but family court proved nothing, the fish and cats all lied about where did they go? Found a dead jumper a week later.

I'm very interested in baby whales, or fun, interactive, interesting, anything but duh, I swim around and act stupid.

Anyone know if baby whales would work, he won't eat 'em, the ph is about 7.2 and the temp runs about 80. I know they're sensitive to everything. ????

OK everyone, unleash your wisdom and smart remarks

 

[rottbo]

try it out ive had alot of different fish with silvers and only one of my africans ever bothered them

 

[rumblesushi]

whales are saltwater and would probably outgrow your 150.

 

[rottbo]

whales are saltwater and would probably outgrow your 150.

 

[meiling]

ok wise one, "baby whales" not like a damn orca, the little sonar dudes like elephant noses!
(good one though!)

 

[meiling]

shall we clarify "baby whales" as a freshwater species, not a keiko!!

 

[rottbo]

i know what your talking about i never kept one though so i dont have experience with a "baby whale" let us know how it goes

 

[rallysman]

I keep my silver with 2 large clown kinves, a big jag, a big albino channel cat , a large oscar, and a huge chinese perch

Pretty much anything that wont fit in the aro's mouth will be ok as long as they arent fin nippers or overly agressive.

 

[rottbo]

i have fish small enough to fit in my big silvers mouth and the only time he messed with any of them is when he killed my violet goby bt he was also got beat up the night before by an unknown culprit (i beleive the bully is my eel but not sure) i would try it out

 

[beblondie]

Something on this list should work
Bichirs
P. endlicheri endlicheri ('saddled' or 'red' bichir)- 32", possibly more
(subspecies)P. endlicheri congicus ('giant' or 'congo' bichir)- 39"
P. Bichir lapradei ('Lapradei' bichir)- 24"
P. bichir bichir-30+ ''
CHARACINS
Silver dollar - Metynnis argenteus
African pike- Hepsetus odoe
Freshwater Barracuda - Ctenolucius hujeta
Distichodus notospilus- Distichodus notospilus
Distichodus fasciolatus - Distichodus fasciolatus
Nurse tetra - Alestes nurse
African tigerfish - Hydrocynus goliath
Vampire Characin-Hydrolycus scomberoides
CICHLIDS(*see note)
Oscar - Astronotus ocellatus
Umbee- Cichlasoma umbriferum
Golden Tropheops- Pseudotropheus tropheops
Black Belt Cichlid - Cichlasoma maculicauda
Blue Flash -Thorichthys aureus
Uaru - Uaru amphicanthiodes
Carpinte Cichlid - Cichlasoma carpinte
Chrysonotus Cichlid -Copadichromis chrysonotus
Chunky Hap- Protomelas annectens
Firemouth -Cichlasoma meeki
Guenther's Cichlid- Chromidotilapia guentheri guentheri
Haitian Cichlid- Cichlasoma haitiensis
Leopold's Angelfish- Pterophyllum leopoldi
Lifalili Jewel Cichlid- Hemichromis lifalili
Livingstoni's Nimbochromis-Nimbochromis livingstonii
Malawi Blue Dolphin -Cyrtocara moorii
Nicaragua Cichlid- Hypsophrys nicaraguensis
Nkata Cichlid- Copadichromis nkatae
Pasionis Cichlid- Cichlasoma pasionis
Rainbow Cichlid- Herotilapia multispinosa
Tiger Tilapia-Tilapia mariae
CATFISH
Dusky Pimelodid -Pimelodus blochii
Crystal-Eyed Catfish- Mystus wyckii
Banded Shovelnose Catfish- Brachyplatystoma juruense
Spotted Shovelnose-Hemisorubim platyrhynchos
Giraffe Catfish-Auchenoglanis occidentalis
Dwarf giraffe Catfish-Parauchenoglanis macrostoma
DATS
widebar datnoid- Datnioides pulcher 16''
Thinbar datnoid- Datnioides undecimradiatus 16''
Indonesian datnoid-Coius microlepis 18''
PLECOS
Adonis pleco-Acanthicus adonis
Black adonis-Acanthicus hystrix
GARS
Spotted gar -Lepisosteus ocula
Tropical Gar-Atractosteus tropicus
Shortnose Gar- Lepisosteus platostomus
KNIFEFISH
Clown Knifefish-Chitala chitala
African Knifefish- Xenomystus nigri
banded knifefise-Gymnotus carapo
LABYRINTHFISH
Giant Gourami- Osphronemus goramy
EELS
Tire Track Eel-Mastacembelus armatus
Peacock Eel-Macrognathus aculeatus
CYPRINIDS
Bala Shark-Balantiocheilos melanopterus
Red-Finned Cigar Shark-Leptobarbus hoevenii
Tinfoil Barb-Barbodes schwanefeldii
Chinese Algae Eater- Gyrinocheilus aymonieri
Clown Loach- Botia macracantha
MISC.
Black Ghost Knifefish- Apteronotus albifrons
Elephantnose-Gnathonemus petersii
Black Devil Stingray-Potamotrygon leopoldi
Motoro Stingray-Potamotrygon motoro
(*note :to avoid agression do not have breeding pairs )