Ropefish

[jess6905]

so along time ago my boyfriend came to the lfs with me for some snake food, and while we were there he started looking around. after several minutes wandering he spotted some rope fish and said he liked them and so on. at the time we didn't live together, so i didn't think much of it knowing he would never set up a tank of his own at the time. we have been talking over the last few days about setting up a larger tank when we move into a new place when he remembered the rope fish..... i can't and won't tell him no till i know a bit more about them first(he likes to get things but leaves me to take care of them cause im the animal person). i know they get to be very long(24"+ if i remember correctly), they are supposed to be fine with others of their own kind, and will eat just about anything that will fit in their mouth. what i want to know is what size tank would they need, what foods do they do best on, how much do i have to worry about them escaping from the tank, and are they even legal in upstate new york? is there anyone who has had experience with these fish that might be able to help?

 

[simonas]

Hi I've got three of these great fish
I've had mine about 9 months after the first two climbed out and died. I learnt my lesson and lowered the water level a couple of inches and filled any holes!! Now they are in a 150g tank and they thrive.

They are one of the more interesting oddballs as they are always active, easy to feed on pellets, frozen blood brine etc oh and prawn.


Mine are about 15 inches and they are rope thin so don;t take up too much space. absolutely no aggression from them as well. Mine are in with plecs, knifefish, eels etc

 

[jess6905]

thanks i just passed that info on to him. anyone else care to contribute?