Piranhas!!!
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Gar and pacus are not really suitable for household tanks when you consider how enormous they get. For a 55 gal your best bet would be a single oscar (and even that is not ideal) or the exodons. A huge school of tiger barbs would be really cool too.
Again
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Pacus are ugly way too big for home aquariums even a 100 gl is too small. And did I mention they are ugly
>wants red belly piranha
here this is the same fish except it doesn't eat chicken, beef or gold fish
>nah they're ugly bro
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then why do you want a red belly?!
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Here is a cool article on exodon. http://www.tfhmagazine.com/details/articles/one-tough-tetra-exodon-paradoxus-full-article.htm
bettaowner
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I agree with azmodan. Tiger barbs are a good option since they stay small and are active/ semi aggressive
patrickriley2010
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I live in ohio and then sell the red bellys here
patrickriley2010
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Well in that case I'm sure they are already established down there somewhereZ some moron had to release some into the wild . Some people are just not intelligent like with the snake issues people's pet snakes being let go and so on
patrickriley2010
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Sometimes if you can't rehome its better to kill especially invasive species rather than introduce it to a new location
Aski247
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Red bellies get to large for a 55 growing upwards of 12". But you know that. A 100g would still be to small for 5 adult RB's.
They are also deathly boring unless being fed. Not to mention you would need better than a couple a hob filters because P's are grossly messy.
If you are into P's that much I would look into Serrasalmus elongates. They pretty much top out at about 8" and grow super slow. Like 1" per year slow. Also are among the most aggressive of all the Serrasalmus. Will finger chase as well as bite you if you we're to go in the tank. Only downside is it would have to be kept solo.
Sorry didn't read threw everything. Just dropping a few of my cents.
They are also deathly boring unless being fed. Not to mention you would need better than a couple a hob filters because P's are grossly messy.
If you are into P's that much I would look into Serrasalmus elongates. They pretty much top out at about 8" and grow super slow. Like 1" per year slow. Also are among the most aggressive of all the Serrasalmus. Will finger chase as well as bite you if you we're to go in the tank. Only downside is it would have to be kept solo.
Sorry didn't read threw everything. Just dropping a few of my cents.
Aski247
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As stated a few other options would be a shoal of exodons(buck tooth tetras).
GSP green spotted puffer. (Eventually needs brackish)
Red wolf fish (also called high fin or rainbow wolf)
Cuban cichlids. (Nasty as the big boys)
Grammode cichlids (slow growers HUGE attitude)
Jack Dempsey (better option for a 55 than a Oscar)
Green terror (same as JD)
Salvini cichlids (better than jds/gts bigger attitude) also gnarly teeth for a med size cichlid.
Oh and a fire eel grows to large for both a 55 and 100g they get up to like 3+'
GSP green spotted puffer. (Eventually needs brackish)
Red wolf fish (also called high fin or rainbow wolf)
Cuban cichlids. (Nasty as the big boys)
Grammode cichlids (slow growers HUGE attitude)
Jack Dempsey (better option for a 55 than a Oscar)
Green terror (same as JD)
Salvini cichlids (better than jds/gts bigger attitude) also gnarly teeth for a med size cichlid.
Oh and a fire eel grows to large for both a 55 and 100g they get up to like 3+'
bettaowner
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Green spotted puffers need saltwater. There is a freshwater puffer sold as the green puffer
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Jewel_cichlid03
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A 55 gallon should be okay for two 3inch oscars and a 5 inch needle nose gar till December when i get the hundred gallon and then even then they should be okay in the 100 gallon till i can get a 180 around April/May of next year.
Aski247
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By December those fish will be WAY to big for a 55. The smallest gar shouldn't even be kept in anything smaller than a 3' deep tank anyways. The spotted/Fla gar would be the smallest btw. And they reach about 2'+ in length.
All them fish will be about 9-10" by dec. given proper care and diet. They should be growing at a inch + a month.
Good luck with them though. Hopefully you will upgrade.
nice little Freudian slip there to take care of that fish "too big for tank" issue
Aski247
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Ha yeah. Auto correct strikes again!
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Jewel_cichlid03
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I wont even get the fish till around end of July early August maybe they should be fine in 55g till December
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Jewel_cichlid03
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got the 55 up and running starting to cycle it... Running the 2 aqua tech 30-60 .. One of which i already had going on my 29 gallon tropical tank since October... So hopefully that will help speed up the cycle
