wanted to catch some fish for my 180g

[coryjac0b]

i was planning on a 180g 6x3x3

You do mean 6x2x2?, 6x3x3 would be around 400 gallons.

 

[asianmick]

yes sry

 

[NCStateFisher]

do you think that you could house a couple of blue gills and maybe some bass in my tank along with some cichlids a red tail cat and a clown knifeand bichirs

RTC isn't gonna be able to stay in there anyways, i wouldnt put a bass with bichirs just based off of their body type a bass could take em down easy unless its a 20+" ornate and even then i wouldnt put it past em to try, and the clown knife is probably a bit to fragile to be in with them - another thing is native fish need a TON of aeration and tend to do better in cooler water than tropical, if you want natives i'd suggest going all out natural fish rather than mixing the two up

 

[asianmick]

nice good advice

 

[Water]

I STRONGLY disagree with this...NEVER medicate a fish unless it is actually sick, and you know what it has. IMO it is very poor practice to just go dumping meds in your tank!



Quarantine them first, and if it turns out that they have something, medicate for whatever it is.

BTW, you never said what size tank you plan on putting them in? Mixing natives and tropical generally isn't a good idea because natives often need cooler water for their long term health and survival.

Couldn't have said it better myself. Never medicate a fish randomly even if its for parasites on wild caught fish.

RTC isn't gonna be able to stay in there anyways, i wouldnt put a bass with bichirs just based off of their body type a bass could take em down easy unless its a 20+" ornate and even then i wouldnt put it past em to try, and the clown knife is probably a bit to fragile to be in with them - another thing is native fish need a TON of aeration and tend to do better in cooler water than tropical, if you want natives i'd suggest going all out natural fish rather than mixing the two up

+1

 

[brich999]

yep a 250 wouldnt even last long for a rtc. mine has grown 14 inches in less than 5 months

 

[asianmick]

yah ,ime is about 6 inches now

 

[I31]

i had a bass in my 55 gallon with some bluegill and some white perch but the bass killed them all the bass was 8 inchs.

Bluegill should work with bass unless there was a big disparity in sizes. Bass was 8", what size was the bluegill?