will he eat it?

[grmanrocks]

im still trying to find a middle dewller for my 29 gallon planted african community. it currently is housing a 4 inch elephant nose(wich is now eating like a pig) , and a baby ornate . i plan on housing the ornate in there till hes bout 10-12 inches and was wondering what size fish would he actually be able to eat. would congo tetras become lunch?? how many inches should prospective tankmates reach? how bout tiger barbs? i pretty much ruled out the bushfish, as they would compete with both my current fish for bottom space.

heres da plan:

(1) Ornate Bichir
(1) Elephant Nose
(1) African Butterfly

(3-4) mid dwelling fish ?suggestions?


thnx for all your "expert" advice, cant wait till i have enuff time and money under my belt to join the ranks of monster fish keepers everywere!

 

[ewurm]

Bala Sharks, Silver Dollars.

 

[beblondie]

Not for a 29 gallon tank with an ornate and an elephant nose sorry-Anne

 

[grmanrocks]

anne, was your post a reply to Ewurm or me. the bichir is a temporary deal, hes moving into a 150-190 gallon in november , before the bichir will even be 7 inches (from my research neways), and way before the elephant will reach any kind of competetive size. also i dont see how the dimensions of my tank cause any issues with over crowding either but forgive me if im wrong, isnt 3 times the lenght of a fish the recommended size of length for a tank as well as 1.5 times the depth , wich my tank provides for both the nose and the bichir(until the bichir's new tank of course). thus the biggest fish ever in that tank will be 9 inches (if that). so why the blatent no?

it may seem like im exploding in your face but i am just a little confused and perhaps very naive as to what i speak of.

 

[is300zx]

I don't think anne knows you're getting a larger tank in november since you didn't mention it on your original post. If you're looking for an african theme then probably a few leopard ctenopoma in there would be good mid dwellers. They grow pretty slow though so take that into account when adding them into your tank.

 

[elykyelsna]

what do you feed your elephant nose? i had one that would never eat anything and eventually died, it was about 3"

 

[grmanrocks]

i fed the nose frozen bloodworms till the bichir almost killed it and i was forced to return it

 

[Daniel Machado]

im still trying to find a middle dewller for my 29 gallon planted african community.

Bala Sharks, Silver Dollars.

The bold terms above REALLY don't match, IMHO. The SDs are gonna turn a planted tank in a salad bar real soon... And are NOT african. And both suggestions don't belong to the 29 G world.

I don't think anne knows you're getting a larger tank in november since you didn't mention it on your original post. If you're looking for an african theme then probably a few leopard ctenopoma in there would be good mid dwellers. They grow pretty slow though so take that into account when adding them into your tank.

Leopard ctenopoma are a good choice. I'd go with the following:

- 1 elephant nose (this tank can't hold 5 of them);
- 1 african butterfly fish;
- 1 leopard ctenopoma;
- 5 Congo tetras.

The bichir doesn't belong to a 29 G tank, as you already know.

i fed the nose frozen bloodworms till the bichir almost killed it and i was forced to return it

What is IT? The bichir or the elephant nose? Seems this refers to the elephant nose... Am I right? I don't think this was the smartest move, since you had a fish that could be kept in this tank for a long time and a good-eating specimen of a finicky eater species. You already knew that the bichir can't stay in this tank for long.

Best regards.

Daniel.

 

[grmanrocks]

yes it was the nose i was forced to return, and yes the bichir cant live in the 29 forverer. i debated with myself over this descison and decided that the bichir will outlive the nose, is much more of a pet-like fish, and came first. but i can get another nose after he is moved into his new abode (only 5 more months ). right now the bichir is the fish that all plans reveolve around, until november when he moves tho the next stage of his growout

my current tank status has changed and it is now containing

(1) African B-Fly
(1) L-200 Plec
(1) Baby Ornate
oh ya and theres 3 little temporary ottos in there bichir food and clean up crew ( the l-200 prefers bloodworms and zuchini over algea)

could i still ad the congo tetras?

 

[dmarinko]

yes