Musical Tanks

[Javentule]

I need some help deciding where to put my fish

I have a rather crowded 29 gallon tank. I purchased and am currently cycling a 10 gallon tank (I only have room for a 10 gallon unfortunately - my room is running out of space and I'm not allowed to expand my critters to other parts of the house at the moment). Here are the fish I have:

1 opaline gourami
1 red tailed shark
2 mollies (same sized pair)
2 platties (one huge adult female, and one baby female)
6 glo lite tetras
1 ornate bichir (he's a baby - maybe 4 inches long)

My opaline is getting harassed by my redtailed so I would like to seperate them, if at all possible. I learned that red tails should not be kept with bichirs, so I'm figuring I should move the red tailed to the 10 gallon. Then should I move the livebearers to the 10 as well? I wonder if the close quarters would inspire the red tailed to violence against them?

Let me know what you think - who should I keep in the 29 and who should I move to the 10 gallon?

 

[Katchan]

Do Not, repeat Do Not put the RTBS in the 10 Gallon tank, Idealy you shouldnt have the opaline in the 10 Gallon either both need a good amount of room as for the bichir I cant comment I dont know anthing about them. The opaline and red tail shouldnt have a problem together, I have 2 blue/three spot gouramis together and a RTBS in the one tank with no problem.

I'd put the tetra's (maybe get some more for a nice sized school) and one set of the live breeders in the 10 gallon (as the live breeders should bear u more fish)

Plus get a catfish or 2 for each tank

Katchan

 

[OohFeeshy]

Well, your birchir is going to grow to 20". Apparently (on the website I'm on) it needs at least 80 gallons. But you can worry about that later. They are quite peaceful though.

 

[xanthianacid]

just to add a little to Katchan's post

I suggest your RTBS has a little hiding hole, even if its a little terracotta pot broken in half and pushed into the substrate, or some other area they can call their own makes them very happy.

Happy fishies are good fishes

 

[OohFeeshy]

LOL except when you have a pirahna whos happy..... to bite your handoff

I'd say move the gourami and the platties to the 10, and the rest in the 29.

 

[littlefishie]

I'm massively disappointed in this title..

When I saw it, I was expecting some sort of fish musical where there were synchronized swimming movements, and random bursts of song.


*Walks away in a huff.*


Edit :: Now that I'm feeling less like an idiot...
Why not put the tetras, mollies, and platies in the ten gallon? It can be done with decent filtration and diligent water changes.

Then the larger fish get the larger tank.

And btw.. above disappointment is only partially true. I was seriously hoping for a fish musical, or something like those musical birthday candles where the tank played a song every time you opened the lid.. )

 

[Javentule]

I'll see what I can do, as far as fishy musicals go Sorry to be such a tease!

I was thinking about sticking the redtail in the 10 to get him away from the gourami and the bichir.

Katchan - I know the opaline and the retails are SUPPOSED to be find with eachother, but my red tail has decided to single the gourami out and harass him all the freakin' time. The gourami actually got some trauma from the shark, which is why I decided to set up the new tank so I could seperate them.

For the record, I DO plan on getting the bichir his own HUGE tank in the future.

Hmm.. I wonder if the red tail would lay off the gourami if I gave him his own hiding spot? He use to hide in the big (fake) tree I have in there, but the bichir usurped that spot when he moved in...

 

[Paul_MTS]

decorate the tank heavily and move the mollier, platties and tetras to the 10 gallon.

unless you have a big tank planned in the coming months get rid of the bichir. from personal experience they grow fast. i bought mine as a skinny 5" specimen and now he's a lovely 9" chubby guy thankfully, being possible food for others before. EDIT: and this is in just 3 months.

if your RTBS doesn't stop picking on the gouramai try improving the numbers of larger fish or get ri of the rtbs aswell.

 

[scott67892002]

my bircher 's grown from about 8'' to 12 in about 4 or 5 months! and he'd eat a RTBS no probs. the thing about them is they're pretty dosile during the day then you'll have a look at the tank in the morning and he'll be sat in his hole with a big fat belly and you'll be a fish down! i talk from experience due to bad advise from the LFS (wot a surprise) and no internet, i'm glad i found the TFF!!!

 

[littlefishie]

I'll see what I can do, as far as fishy musicals go Sorry to be such a tease!

I was thinking.. a combo of Finding Nemo and Shark Tale, with lots of songs.


Good luck with the tank, let know how it turns out.