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Calilasseia    *Ultimate Fish Guru* Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003   | SIXTEEN INCHES?!?!?!?!?!? Yeep, that is a BIG fish. I thought 11 was enough to be going on with, but 16? That is a juggernaut ... a shoal of those things at full size would need 500 gallons in my view. And my house isn't big enough for an 18 foot aquarium (sigh) ...   |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:37 |       |
sirbooks      Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004   | We have a near fully-grown "flagtail Prochilodus" at work, a customer brought it in. It measures in at around fifteen-sixteen inches total length.  Quite a specimen, am I right? When you consider that yes, they should be kept in groups, it's clear that they need a super big tank. I'd recommend at least three hundred eighty gallons for a school, because this one takes up a lot of room by itself in a two-twenty. And no, they're not hybrids. EDIT: Typo above.  Last edited by sirbooks at 14-May-2005 21:53 |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:37 |  |
| Calilasseia *Ultimate Fish Guru* Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003 | Prochilodus insignis will grow into a Characoid version of a Tinfoil Barb in more ways than one, sad to inform you ... first, it reaches 11 inches in length when fully grown, second, it needs to be in a shoal, and third, it eats plants. This page provides some brief info. |
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