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Iceman_6104
05-19-2006, 4:28 PM
I just saw a ropefish in a lfs and fell in love with them. i've been doing a lot of research on them. but i found nothing on this. can i keep a ropefish with my jack dempsey? what do you think?
MonoSebaelover
05-20-2006, 12:25 AM
I would say probably not. Ropefish (also called Reedfish) are actually a brackish water fish and do best in brackish water. Dempsey's can't tolerate brackish so the two are best left seperate. Anyway hope this helps and good luck!
reptileguy2727
05-20-2006, 7:43 AM
i havent heard of them being brackish, where did you hear that if you dont mind me asking? most likely a JD would kill it unless they grew up together and the JD was never fed live and was always kept full.
after just looking at a couple sites, it looks like they may be found in brackish, but are in general a freshwater fish, so that is how they should be kept, fw.
StreetCypher
05-20-2006, 2:22 PM
Ropefish will do fine in FW, i actually have never heard of them being kept in brackish.
As for keeping it with a JD, i don't know, never kept a JD before
Toirtis
05-30-2006, 5:29 PM
Erpetoichthys calabaricus, aka ropefish, are not brackish fish at all. A jack dempsey would end up dissembling the ropefish before long...it would be a poor risk.
FreddytheFish
05-30-2006, 8:29 PM
Its related to a bichir, and can be kept in FW.
Keeping it with a JD might work, depending on the fishes and tank size.
Post this on www.aquaticpredators.com. You'll get your answer there.
Toirtis
05-30-2006, 10:53 PM
Post this on www.aquaticpredators.com. You'll get your answer there.
Look one post up...he already did.