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oz196 Big Fish Posts: 328 Kudos: 119 Votes: 15 Registered: 09-Dec-2002	hi everyone, thinking about redoing my tank. it is a 75 gallon tank with fake plants and a large piece of drift wood, right now it has a varity of small tropical fish. i want to replace these fish with something a little bigger,has to be hardy, and i would like it to be able to eat live food like feeder fish thinking maybe a oscar, but what would be good with them especially to keep the bottom clean? what about pictus catfish? thanks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:57
Tetra Fan Mega Fish Posts: 1203 Kudos: 1081 Votes: 63 Registered: 11-Apr-2004	Why something that eats live fish? That just ends up costing more money and it runs the risk of introducing a parasite/sickness to your tank I say, 2 Severums with a medium sized (when full grown) Pleco.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:57
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	A few lima shovelnoses and several members of a large pike cichlid species makes for a good tank.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:57
Ethan14 Big Fish Posts: 312 Kudos: 339 Votes: 18 Registered: 06-Jul-2005	another good mix would be a green terror and a jack dempsey... very aggressive and will eat live fish. beautiful looking also.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:57
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	if u are planning on getting a really large tank after that 500+ gallon's then the perfect fish would be a red tailed catfish, even though it may need over a 5000+ gallon aquarium. but on a smaller note, smaller type of gar, and a raphael cat, or something of the same idea, but larger. or u can house 1 flower horn.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:57
leetomlin14 Hobbyist Posts: 51 Kudos: 32 Votes: 0 Registered: 10-Apr-2005	I would say Jack dempsey, they are very hardy, their colours can be quite intense, they are smart, and it is really kool to watch them hunt a school of minnows.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:57
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Like the sceond poster stated, if you don't wean these predatory fish off live food, it will: a. cost you a damn fortune b. compromise the health of your fish
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:57
oz196 Big Fish Posts: 328 Kudos: 119 Votes: 15 Registered: 09-Dec-2002	would like to watch my fish chase and eat live food don't plan on just feeding live food, and I have a lfs that i trust so not worried about diseases to much, they quartine feeder fish if you ask them to. would a jack dempsey and a oscar work? if so should i have a bottom feeder to help clean up? thanks
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:57
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Lima shovelnoses are good cleaners for preadatory tanks (though they will need their own source of food). The JD would be a good choice-oscars are a big large for 75s. Just because feeders are quarentined does not make them safe for ingestion. Live feeders should be home bred and/or comprised mostly of crustaceans. Gut loaded ghost shrimp make nice feeders. Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 17-Aug-2005 21:47
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:57


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