Compatible fish

[Cynic]

May i ask what happened to them?

Haha it's a real shock

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

Ummm they died from a water change thanks guys

 

[Cactuspixie]

Ummm they died from a water change thanks guys

Like a sudden ph swing?
I had that happen last week :-(

 

[Aski247]

Even the smallest gar reaches 18" need at least a 180 to keep one. Which would be the FL./spotted gar.

Again a 55 is only 12" deep so almost everything you have mentioned gets far to big for that tank.

 

[cgthebeast]

If u want a knife, look up the brown African knife fish, not black.

 

[Aski247]

If u want a knife, look up the brown African knife fish, not black.

+1 ABK

They reach 8-9" and are just as predatory. Mine is always out and about. Getting nipped on by my cons for trying to snack on eggs/fry.

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

Lol that's cool I've actually been wanting a freshwater barracuda and I've seen brown African knives and my 55 is much deeper than 12 " I think it's 19" but it's also wide and tall but I might be getting the measurements mixed up...

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

And cactus what kind of plant is that in your picture

 

[Aski247]

Lol that's cool I've actually been wanting a freshwater barracuda and I've seen brown African knives and my 55 is much deeper than 12 " I think it's 19" but it's also wide and tall but I might be getting the measurements mixed up...

Post the dimensions. It makes a big difference.

Regardless a clown knife and gar wouldn't work. They need minimum of 180-300g 6-7' long tanks. By 2'.

 

[Cactuspixie]

And cactus what kind of plant is that in your picture

An anubias planted on driftwood, and I think the other stem plant is blue stricta. But that's an old shot, so I don't really remember. I don't use stem plant anymore.

 

[Cactuspixie]

I think this is the original photo:





There's some java fern and wisteria in there too.

 

[Mudfrog]

Lol that's cool I've actually been wanting a freshwater barracuda and I've seen brown African knives and my 55 is much deeper than 12 " I think it's 19" but it's also wide and tall but I might be getting the measurements mixed up...

55's are 12.5" wide, 75's are 18" wide. You are also posting a lot of bad information. I'd be careful what you claim to be a fact about certain fish, someone could read a post and assume it is correct.

If you want a small predatory fish that looks like a gar go with a Hujeta.

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

Ok I really like that plant I have a water Lilly and some other plants and ill have to measure again

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

I'll have to look that fish up it has a kewl name XD and don't believe anything I say I'm 16 and don't know a lot

 

[Mudfrog]

Hujeta's are known as Rocker Gar's, FW baracuda's, etc.. They school but I've kept them individually. You can get them on pellets but they prefer feeders.

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

Ok good I like feeding fish other fish I like to watch the different tactics each one uses to catch its prey it quite interesting

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

And what's the fish in your picture

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

It says the hujeta gets to be 12" in the aquarium is that correct

 

[Aski247]

55's are 12.5" wide, 75's are 18" wide. You are also posting a lot of bad information. I'd be careful what you claim to be a fact about certain fish, someone could read a post and assume it is correct.

If you want a small predatory fish that looks like a gar go with a Hujeta.

Pretty sure he mistook my 12" deep comment as in actual depth of the water haha.

But yeah. I still think a 4' tank is to short for them speedy lil gars/gar like fish.

Specially seeing how he seems adamant on feeding live feeders. I can't count how many posts I have read over the years about people's fish harming themselves (breaking spines and such or scrapes/cuts on ornaments/equipment) smacking the sides of tanks chasing feeders.

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

That's why I like knives they're very slender and quick