Small pred fish?

[Dwarfs]

I don't hve them, I thinkt they eat bugs, ask CFC, he may know more

 

[Spyderdf]

ok i ask you CFC lol

 

[diVer]

Dwarf Puffers, but they will require brackish water

Dwarf puffers are 100% freshwater. No salt.

 

[Tjimbsoj]

Dwarf Puffers, but they will require brackish water

Dwarf puffers are 100% freshwater. No salt.

Sorry but you are incorrect. When they mature they thrive in brackish water. They may be able to withstand freshwater at an early age, but this information is mis-guiding and interpretated wrongly by many LFS.

 

[diVer]

Not to steer this away from the main topic of the thread but, go into the Oddballs section and see what kind of response you get when you tell people dwarfs are brackish.
I think you may be thinking of Green Spotted Puffers which are freshwater when they are young and slowly move to full marine conditions as they age.

Here are a couple of links

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Would you like me to keep going?
I can also give a bunch of links to other websites proving dwarfs are freshwater.

 

[CFC]

Dwarf puffers are 100% freshwater fish, one of the few puffers that dont need to be moved on into brackish water.


South American leaf fish are mainly fish eaters that can consume fish nearly their own size, they have a protuusile mouth that can extend out half their own length again which allows them to ambush passing fish and swallow them in the blink of a eye.

 

[cometcattle]

When the oscar gets too big you can always sell it back to the lfs, or trade it in for a smaller fish.

In my personal opinion, buying a fish to sell it or exchange it in the not so distant future is not beneficial for the species long term health or the hobbyist

I agree 100%. I live in a 1 bedroom apartment and wouldn't buy a Great Dane puppy knowing I would have to re-home it in 6 monthes.

 

[Fawke]

Pictus Catfish, you could get a shoal of 3 or 4 (probs 3 in a tank that size)....
I have 4 and they get on ok.....

These are predatory fish with long whiskers and will thrive on live shrimp, bloodworm and other meaty foods....
They are VERY entertaining IMO and very readily available in LFS....

Great predatory catfish IMO, maybe not what your looking for if you had you heart set on cichlids though

HTH

 

[Phantom Thief]

Dwarf Puffers, but they will require brackish water

Dwarf puffers are 100% freshwater. No salt.

I absolutely agree!!!



P.T.

 

[Never2Bknown]

Fawke:
Pictus catfish can actually get along quite well in a community tank as well, as long as you don't have any fish that might be able to fit into its mouth. They are friendly catfish that will even shoal with other species of fish. Like most types of catfish, they will eat almost anything that has even the remotest possibility of being edible: as long as they can fit it in their mouths. If your looking for a more predaceous species of catfish that looks a bit like a pictus, you should go with the Polka Dot catfish (Pimelodus clarius).

 

[CFC]

Polka dot catfish is a common name for Pimelodus pictus, i have never seen this name assosiated with Pimelodus clarius. Also Pimelodus clarius grows too large for a 29g tank with a average adult size of around 10 inches, a 55g would be the minimum recomended size tank for this fish.