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aherbst

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Could anyone help me figure out what other fish I can put in this tank? I am staying with fish from the amazon basin and near their. This is what is in the tank now; Silver Arawana, Payara, Pike Characin, two Oscars, Pacu, and a shovelnose catfish. What else would be good? Tank size is 75 soon to upgrade to a 250.
Thank you for your help.
Augie
 
Another fish that would be perfect for a tank that size is a FW Sting ray. I am not sure how it would do with a shovel nose cat but i think it would be fine with the others, even though I have heard stories of Arrowanas nipping them and taking a chunk out of them.



jim
 
With a pacu in there you'll soon find a 250 pretty packed too. Other than worrying about size considerations there are lots of good options - uaru, big L numbers springto mind immediately, also geophagus.
But for all these big fish a 250 is not so big - 6 feet long, 2 feet wide?
 
6x2s are 180s, your already packed or will be once everything grows up, dont put anything else in there, you must have a monster filter because i have a 180 and all i have is 1 silver arowana and a wet/dry thats pumping 1400 gph. -john
 
Same for the tiger shovelnose, eventually that thing will become a 5 1/2' monster. Lose the pacu and the shovelnose, or get yourself a 2000g aquarium (drools....)
 
And people called me nuts for having a 3" bichir in a 5gal...

Were I you, I'd buy or make several large tanks, or even basement ponds, and split those fish up. No WAY once those things reach full size will you be able to keep them together unless your home happens to be a public aquarium. (Hmmm...could finance those tanks by charging admission to see your pretty fish...)
 
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