Oddball Tank

[matt295]

hi i have a 35 gallon tank and i was thinking about oddball fish
what ones do you guys reccommend?
wont be here for around three hours so sorry if i dont reply

 

[cane76]

how about a pair of dwarf snakeheads
i think you have to start with a load of them until a pair is formed
i dont know what your gonna do with the fry but it sounds cool B)

 

[matt295]

i dont know where to get info on them though

 

[mlawson]

How about the rope fish, Erpetoicthys calabaricus? You could keep maybe 3 in a tank that size. Or perhaps some Birchirs.

 

[matt295]

dont know what rope fish are, but i was looking into bichirs. i think they are awesome except i dont know if they will get to big

 

[The-Wolf]

no ropefish or bichirs, they will get too big for it.

what excatly is the footprint (LxW) of this tank?

 

[mlawson]

no ropefish or bichirs, they will get too big for it.

what excatly is the footprint (LxW) of this tank?

I was told you could keep Ropefish in a 30 gallon by Sean Evans (Guy from PFK).

 

[The-Wolf]

well it really does depend on the footprint
if the tank is only 24x12x? to make 30g or 36x12x? to make 30g
that is a big difference.

personally I'd not keep ropefish in 30G because they are very messy eaters
and their diet will make keeping such a small volume of water stable a lot of work.

 

[mlawson]

I guess a 30 gallon would not be great for a ropefish, unless you have excelent filtration and regular water changes, and also the dimensions of the tank are just as important, more important in fact, then the volume.