Any Big Fish Tank Oddball Keepers Here?

[simonas]

Peter it sounds amazing...... no offence but why pacus?If I had a tank that sizetheywouldn;t be top of my list when theres peacock bass, arowanas big cichlids available etc

would love to house a big RTC one day they are truly amazing fish

changed my mind know just going to get as many dwarf snake heads as i can in it i used to have a rtc in my 10 ft tank he was 26" like a true pet let you stroke him hand feed and belive it or not his best mate was a 5" jack dempsey he was a soft as a brush

so he was a tiddler then!! lol they get to about 48 inches

I think that would be a slight waste of that tank to be honest. the dwarfs would be fine in smaller tanks if thats what you go into and have a different species in each. they like a tank that is not so pleasing to the happy but keeps them happy. Your big tank would be better for a nice display with some great open swimming fish

 

[peter shogun]

thanks so if i keep a few dwarf sh in 4ft how do think this will work in big tank 1 rtc 1 arrow 8 tin foil bards 5 lima snc 2 sailfin plecks ?

 

[kizno1]

thanks so if i keep a few dwarf sh in 4ft how do think this will work in big tank 1 rtc 1 arrow 8 tin foil bards 5 lima snc 2 sailfin plecks ?

I wouldnt go for a RTC they dont really work well with other fish plus get to big imo. They can get 4-5' with reports of upto 8' so the min i would want to keep one in is 16x8x8. A big group of limas would look great though.

 

[peter shogun]

thanks ye the rtc get big i had one in a 10x4x4 26" he was a the best fish i ever had he was like a dog he loved being stroked kids loved him then one day i was at work some so and so broke in to my house nicked all my stuff and put a hammer through my tank he lived with a jack demsy a sev a oscar a lima snc 2 talking cats and 4" shark cat kids cryed ther harts out when it happend

 

[simonas]

As said above when the RTC is longer than 3 ft he wouldn;t be able to turn in your tank

How bout a Giraffe cat?

 

[peter shogun]

yes ive seen them our lfs has one about 12" they also got a lung fish ugly sod but he is 2ft long i will see what is about at the time

 

[always4lora]

If i had a 9x3x3 i'd deffo have a decent ray collection ! Probs have a Hydrocynus Vittatus in there too for something differernt

 

[peter shogun]

i would love rays m8 but never kept them and the price also make me want to stay with what i know if that makes sence

but i open for more options

 

[Davo86]

In a 9x3x3 a Perruno would be top of my catfish list

 

[always4lora]

In a 9x3x3 a Perruno would be top of my catfish list

if i was to go with a catfish i'd be Oxydoras niger in a big enough tank