drew.hinds
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I have a 55 long with a 13" clown knife, 4-line pictus, Pleco, and rainbow shark. Can I add any more fish and if I can what kind?
Looking to add 1 more fish
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Well..your clown knife will get huge..I personally wouldn't add anything. How big is your rainbow shark? Suprised a 13" clown knife hasn't made a meal out of him yet.
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drew.hinds
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Well the clown knife isn't growing anymore and the rainbow shark is only about 4" but he always is hiding I'm just thinking like a medium sized non-aggressive fish something to add color to the tank
Well..your clown is still growing, just slowly..and if he hasn't grown at all in awhile then he might be slightly stunted.
I don't think you could add a medium sized fish..unless what are you considering "medium"? Like 6" max?
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drew.hinds
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Well your right he is growing at a very slow rate. I feed him about 30-40 feeders in a week and a half then wait a few days to buy more. (LFS gets shipment every other Tuesday) so I buy like 75 a month on average. Not over feeding but not starving him either.
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drew.hinds
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Also like 8" at the absolute most. Something that doesn't grow past 8"
Dang..that's alot of feeders lol.
Could maybe add a medium sized south american cichlid..there is a chance it could be aggressive though. Or maybe a gourami?
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drew.hinds
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It's been surprisingly hard to find gourami's over 4" around here. They are all very small. I do like gourami's if they would work.
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drew.hinds
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Also they have to be big enough when I buy them.
Well they would start small..you just wouldn't get a dwarf one. But I would say you're pretty well stocked and maybe slightly over right now..especially with a pleco too. And that clown is going to get too big for that tank also, at the very least a 125 would be needed for em since they get over 2ft long unless you plan on rehoming him or selling him once he is too big..
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drew.hinds
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Ok im actually planning a 500 sectional tank right now. All 1 filter system, all 1 tank just with dividers basically making it 2-150's 1-100 an 2-50's But it's gonna be very expensive
NYgiantsRP
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I would also say you are stocked, BUT, if you are doing weekly water changes and testing your water regularly and your water is good....then I would get a red Severum, or altolamprologus compressiceps. Severums are very hardy, and would be able to defend itself, and they have a brilliant red/orange speckle. Alto. Comp. are an African that only grow too bout 6", and they have a unique shape, with long foreheads. They are brown with strips, and each scale has a gray dot on the tip, very cool looking.
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