Stocking Options For 275 Gallon

[MaNkiND]

Oscars are quite peaceful as cichlids go. I doubt they'd even touch the plec.

But the JD may cause problems with all your other fish (even the oscar).

So are you saying maybe i should drop the JD? I dont really want to but if it is a must i will do it. I though JD could live with an oscar maybe im wrong .....
I realized that clown plecs need wood in their diet so i dropped clown plec. I really want to keep 4 clown loaches and not full grown. Maybe at 5-6" I can keep them in my 30 gallon and once they get that big then switch em into my 275.
Does it sound good?

 

[jkrekord]

you could drop the jd and get firemouths or another type of cichlid

 

[MaNkiND]

I dont really want firemouths.
Would a choclate chiclid be fine? They are real colorful and grow to 10 inches

 

[Paradise_Gourami]

I think the fish is called a common gourami, this fish is like the original gourami that all othe gouramis get their name from and it gets lik 2ft long. They're so awesome especially the albino ones.

 

[Dorkhedeos]

Someone mentioned a bichir. Are bichir's allowed in the US? I know snakeheads arent.
And i doubt a bichir will be fine with an oscar.

Ill keep everyone updated and post pics as soon as there are fish in there
Im guessing 3-4 more days until i am ready to add fish. Ill go check my water conditions now.

bichirs are legal in the us. if you go to petsmart, senegals are labeled dinosaur eel. they cost 7 dollars and are about 3 inches long. they grow up to 12 inches, so im guessing it would be alright. senegals are the most active, so i guess this would be the best choice. if you want an 18 inch living log, get an ornate if you want, i can send you a bichir list

Edit:fixed typos

 

[fishfishfish]

JDs r fine dont worry.u just need a bigger plec

 

[Paradise_Gourami]

Dorkhedeos right, senegals are readily available in the US and i love mine, he's one of my favorite fish

 

[MaNkiND]

Dorkhedeos can u send me a list? It would be greatly appreciated.
Would a bichir be fine with the fish im getting though?
And can some1 also suggest a bigger pleco that grwos pretty fast (so it grows some-waht the rate of my Oscar and JD) and not a common plec.

 

[Genesis]

a Sailfin Plec

get to 20" (50cm)

 

[MaNkiND]

[quote name=''genesis' post='1054043' date='Jan 28 2006, 01:36 PM']
a Sailfin Plec

get to 20" (50cm)
[/quote]

Do they grow fast, like near the growth rate of an Oscar?

 

[fishfishfish]

no not really.they grow pretty slow.but peolpe always get a plec and not know how big they get.just put a ad in the paper or suttin

 

[jkrekord]

actualy i hate tp prove you wrong fishfishfish but sailfin plecs do grow fairly fast you do get some specimens wich grow slow but most the time they grow fairly fast

 

[fishfishfish]

O.i never new that they grew really fast.ive only kept a small 1 for a few weeks

 

[jkrekord]

im not saying they grow realy fast but they dont grow realy slow if you no what i mean

 

[fishfishfish]

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