EvolutionOfDemise
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I recently just upgraded my fish to a 292 gallon aquarium. I did use gravel, but I'll be changing that soon to sand. It's easier to tank care of. Originally I was looking at arowanas (the humane society has a few full grown ones), I adore these fish. But a silver arowanas require minimum tank size of 300 gallons, and I don't like keeping fish in their minimum tank size, it's always good to have something bigger and better. Plus there's a chance it might eat my firemouth. I totally forgot about one of the fish I've been wanting to get since I started the hobby, but I kept telling myself I couldn't have one because the tank is too small. So I've been reading up on stingrays for a few days, some websites and say they aren't compatible some of my fish, others say they are. So I thought I'd ask; My tank currently holds
1 Tiger Oscar: Oscar, he's very friendly and never bothers the other fish.
1 Black Oscar: Cutie Pie, he was an impulse buy, I felt bad for him. He's got a deformed mouth, kind of like a parrot cichlid, but worse so it prevents him from biting the other fish. He's still pretty happy though.
1 Firemouth Cichlid: Pudge, him and my gold severum chase each other but they've never torn fins or gone after the bottom dwellers.
1 Gold Severum: Freckles, Like I said her and Pudge chase each other but never show much aggression. And the only fish I actually know the gender of.
1 Green Severum: Beauty, He's passive, once in a while he'll nip Pudge and Freckles, but once again, no fins are torn.
1 Delhezi Bichir and 1 Senegal Bichir: Bob and Bubbles, both don't really care what goes on, as long as they're being fed.
3 Rope Fish: Unnamed (surprisingly), I think it's self explanatory.
1 Common Pleco: Timmy, he was kept in a 5 gallon tank, stunted his growth, now he's bent and has a hard time doing everything, usually stays in on spot. He's about 5-6" and I don't think he'll be growing anymore.
1 Royal? Pleco: Ninja, I was told he was a lyretail, but after hours and hours trying to find one that looks like him I gave up. Looks more like a royal pleco to me.. He's always hidden so I can never get a picture (thus the name). Anyway, he's shy, never caused a problem. I've had to get rid of pervious plecos because they were sucking on my rope fish and bichirs, but he's always behaved.
1 Fire eel: Squishy, Docile, friendly.
Sorry for the long description.. Probably didn't need it but I thought it would help if you knew their attitude. There would be much, much more but I had to shorten it.
Anyway for filtration I've got one Fluval FX5, I'll be getting another one once my LFS gets them in. The temperatures always kept at 81F, pH is a little high at 7.9. The aquarium measurements are 92"(L)x30"(W)x25"(H).
Do you think the tank is suitable for a freshwater stingray? I realize because the tank is still fairly new I'd need to wait a few months, but it would be nice to know if it would be safe to get one.
If so, what stingray would be best, I'd prefer a somewhat hardy one, I know they're now easy to take care of, but I do have the time and dedication that one requires.
Thanks ^.^
1 Tiger Oscar: Oscar, he's very friendly and never bothers the other fish.
1 Black Oscar: Cutie Pie, he was an impulse buy, I felt bad for him. He's got a deformed mouth, kind of like a parrot cichlid, but worse so it prevents him from biting the other fish. He's still pretty happy though.
1 Firemouth Cichlid: Pudge, him and my gold severum chase each other but they've never torn fins or gone after the bottom dwellers.
1 Gold Severum: Freckles, Like I said her and Pudge chase each other but never show much aggression. And the only fish I actually know the gender of.
1 Green Severum: Beauty, He's passive, once in a while he'll nip Pudge and Freckles, but once again, no fins are torn.
1 Delhezi Bichir and 1 Senegal Bichir: Bob and Bubbles, both don't really care what goes on, as long as they're being fed.
3 Rope Fish: Unnamed (surprisingly), I think it's self explanatory.
1 Common Pleco: Timmy, he was kept in a 5 gallon tank, stunted his growth, now he's bent and has a hard time doing everything, usually stays in on spot. He's about 5-6" and I don't think he'll be growing anymore.
1 Royal? Pleco: Ninja, I was told he was a lyretail, but after hours and hours trying to find one that looks like him I gave up. Looks more like a royal pleco to me.. He's always hidden so I can never get a picture (thus the name). Anyway, he's shy, never caused a problem. I've had to get rid of pervious plecos because they were sucking on my rope fish and bichirs, but he's always behaved.
1 Fire eel: Squishy, Docile, friendly.
Sorry for the long description.. Probably didn't need it but I thought it would help if you knew their attitude. There would be much, much more but I had to shorten it.
Anyway for filtration I've got one Fluval FX5, I'll be getting another one once my LFS gets them in. The temperatures always kept at 81F, pH is a little high at 7.9. The aquarium measurements are 92"(L)x30"(W)x25"(H).
Do you think the tank is suitable for a freshwater stingray? I realize because the tank is still fairly new I'd need to wait a few months, but it would be nice to know if it would be safe to get one.
If so, what stingray would be best, I'd prefer a somewhat hardy one, I know they're now easy to take care of, but I do have the time and dedication that one requires.
Thanks ^.^
