Unusual suggestions?

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Unusual suggestions?

Post by lilacamy931 »

What unusual fish could be kept in a 160 litre whether it be a single specimen or a species tank that is non puffer I should add! We have looked at:
Rays - not large enough
Bichir - not large enough
Black Ghost Knife Fish - not large enough
Discus - possibly keep 4-5
Wolffish - keep singular
Angelfish - what would recommended number be for species only tank?
Snakeheads - not so keen on
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Angels do great in pairs.
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I quite like the discus idea.
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baby whale kept solo!
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- Reedfish
- African Butterflyfish

Personally i'm not a fan off angelfish (SW ones are better). Freshwater fish like that just don't seem very intelligent if you know what i mean. I'm not sure how big 160 litres is in gallons but check out the above fish anyways.
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J-P wrote:baby whale kept solo!
:whip:

A octopus or a couple of squid hmmm id go for cuttlefish :hyper:

She did say unusual right J-p :ROFL2:
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yea... nothing wrong with my suggestion.

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/stats/mi ... isc1e.html

I was considering getting one at one point

42 gals is a little small for an octopus or cuttle fish though no?
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J-P wrote:yea... nothing wrong with my suggestion.

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/stats/mi ... isc1e.html

I was considering getting one at one point

42 gals is a little small for an octopus or cuttle fish though no?
Pfft thats not what i thought u meant :redface: :oops:
Coming from you i wouldnt doubt you will get a killer whale one day lol as you already have your jungle lol i mean forest already!!

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Re: Unusual suggestions?

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LOL guys, you certainly are a great helping hand! :)
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Re: Unusual suggestions?

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Please excuse these goofs. ;) But you actually can have a type of fish called a baby whale - they're real. They're pretty cool.

Have you ever considered shell-dwelling cichlids? They're fascinating! I want some as soon as I'm not in a dorm and have more space for more tanks.
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Re: Unusual suggestions?

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I would consider 160 litres too small for discus. Having seen how discuses react on the size of their group, I wouldn't keep less than 6 of them. When I first started with discuses, I had 4 of them. They were really timid and scared all the time. When I bought two more, they changed totally! This has also been the experience of many other discus keepers.

160 litres can't keep a whole group of discus. Like puffers, discuses are very sensitive to nitrate in the water, and you won't be able to keep a healthy group of them in such a small place. I know of discus keepers having to give up on keeping a group of discuses in 180 litres. If kept in right conditions, discuses can grow pretty large too. But they get very easily stunted.
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no discus = sun fish! easy to keep very pretty cold water fish ;)
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how about a J-p ? I can just see his face smushed up against the glass.

Seriously though what about a pipefish tank?
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sure.. I'd love to be a pampered pet :P
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Re: Unusual suggestions?

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Mudskippers!! -- They are one of the coolest fish you could own (next to a puffer that is). :rimshot:
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