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May 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| Dream tank, stocking
okay, so i know sometime in the next year or so, i will get 55 gal tank. i was hoping to put in:
1 Pleco(dont know exactly what kind)
3-5 Bala Sharks
1 red tail shark
Would this work? Also, would it be possible to move my two larger red wagtail platies(if they are still alive then) into the 55gal? or would the red tail shark attack them? Because I know that platies arent really territorial so they might aggravate the red tail. otherwise would this be OK? | 
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May 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| You will need a bigger tank for that many bala sharks. They get 13 inches long apeice.
I wouldnt do the platy redshark combo eather. | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| okay, so if i subtract the bala sharks, what do you think i could add?
So now its
1 pleco
1 red tail shark
1 Zebra Pleco
this tank would be for just a couple of larger fish, im not very interested in adding a ton of fish for this one. i was hoping to get some freshwater "sharks",(ei. bala, red tail, etc) but i cant get balas, so i dont know what else is good.
Last edited by momo9700; May 5th, 2008 at 08:53 PM.
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May 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Okay how about...
1 red tailed shark = 6
3 pictus catfish = 15
1 elephantnose fish = 13
1 bulldog pleco = 5
so you got 39 inches there, and I wouldnt add anything else because all are bigger fish so the inch/ gal is not as accurate.
You can see that there is only one 'shark' on the list but IMO the pictus looks very sharky and the elephant nose is just really cool. there are pics attached as well. | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| oh wow, those guys are awesome! i have never heard of those before. I especially like the pictus catfish, it reminds me of a snow leopard. | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| yeah, he is one I looked into for my 55 but kept singly they are nocturnal and I didnt want to put back space for 3, but I thought they would go good with the 'shark' theme. the I replaced the common with the bulldog because the commons just get to huge. so then there was like 26 inches and I was like 'okay sharky sharky and couldnt get anything but the elephants are just so cool and I thought I'd just throw it in there.  | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| okay, they all fit the fish theme i wanted for this tank, a couple of large, sharky-like fish. | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| and also, what about the zebra pleco, i know they are small(4 inches) but they could look good in there if there is room. | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by angelfish220  yeah, he is one I looked into for my 55 but kept singly they are nocturnal and I didnt want to put back space for 3, but I thought they would go good with the 'shark' theme. the I replaced the common with the bulldog because the commons just get to huge. so then there was like 26 inches and I was like 'okay sharky sharky and couldnt get anything but the elephants are just so cool and I thought I'd just throw it in there. | I have two pictus now, but when I had just the one, he wasnt ever noctournal...matter fact even when the lites were out he was still psycho  now i have double the trouble but they are fun as heck to watch | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| really! now I wish I got one.... | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| well, you can never have too many tanks | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| Quote:
Originally Posted by momo9700 and also, what about the zebra pleco, i know they are small(4 inches) but they could look good in there if there is room. | I didnt put it in, but in the other thread you mentioned it so, I left room | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by momo9700 well, you can never have too many tanks | try telling my mother | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Keeper
| okay, so i'm going to start doing lots of research on all these guys (im learning as i go with my platies, and its hard) also, should i do large gravel, medium gravel, small gravel, or sand? | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by angelfish220 try telling my mother | I keep telling mine that, and it's not working. Maybe if we had more room she'd believe me. | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| btw, is there any order that i should acclimate these guys in? maybe start with the red tail, so it can set up a territory. then possibly the 3 pictus catfish? or what? | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| probably sand, and subdued lighting, densly planted (plastic or real just lots of them) but still have swimming room.
The best way to achive correct lighting would be floating plants like water wisteria. | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| how do you clean the tank with sand? | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| you ask lots of questions
I would do the pleco, then the pictuses, then the elephant, then the shark. and get specimins around the same size, because then they wont pick on each other. I would recommend getting smaller fish and let them grow. | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| | Fish Mentor
| you just stick the vacume an inch from the top of the sand and suck up what is laying on the sand. you need MTS to stir the sand as well. or you can just stir the sand yourself but that can get in way of the plants. | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| okay thanks! cant wait until i get this! | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| Be sure to post pics!!! | |
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May 5th, 2008
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| I always love helping people stock tanks, because its like building a new house, I help figure it all out and they pay for it.!! | |
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