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how about a humbug catfish

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

That is just another name for the striped raphael (Platydoras costatus)...

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

I don't think featherfin synos will eat smaller fish. I had mine (full grown) in with juvenile brichardis that were well under an inch long. Brichardis aren't super fast-moving either. They didn't get eaten.

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ok i think i may finally have finally got it

1 angels
4 rams
10 cards
6 hatchets
8 corys
2 usd
1 reagle whiptail

hopefully thats good
thanyou

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

is this ok

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

Yeah, that *should* work out okay. The rams are probably the most aggressive fish in there, though that isn't saying much. Sounds like a pretty nice tank setup.

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thanks sirbooks
finally the 42gal saga is complete

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

actually i just thought how about a shrimp as well
what type will work best
or is my tank 100% stocked at the moment

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

changed my mind overnight now i dont want a shrim[

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

is this ok

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

Hi..well if i had a 42 gallon i would have had these
10 cardinal tetras
10 rasbora tetras
1 sailfin molly
1 blue ram
4 pencilfishes
2 flying foxes
5 ottos
2 guppies

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I know human beings and fish can co-exist peacefully.

There are tons of fish that you could put in there. A pair of firemouths would be fine, large schools of tetras or barbs, loach or cory shoals, other cichlids, certain plecos, etc. You really have a lot of choices.

Saunter on down to your lfs and make a list of all the fish that catch your eye. Write down their common and/or scientific names, and then we can help you decide if you can keep them or not.

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And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."

Are there any fish currently in the tank?

A pair of firemouths would be fine. Potential aggression/territiorialism with breeding should be taken into consideration though.

There are lots of possibilities for a 42g...I like the idea of seeing what's available to you locally and what interests you, that narrows it down a bit for us


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there is some guppies and corys but im planning to get rid of them

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

Kribs are some of the coolest cichlids around get them instead of firemouths

Last edited by azrael_darkness at 05-Nov-2004 14:36

i went to my lfs as you suggested and i found i like these fish

hatchets
rams
angelfish
pictus cats
cardinal tetras

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

so im thinking some thing like

1 angelfish
4 rams
10 cardinal tetras
6 hatchets
6 corys
3 pictus cats

is this overstocked

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

i may decide to change the angel for a discus but not sure yet

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

discus would be quite the challenge.

10 rasbora tetras

What the hell is a rasbora tetra?

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

nevermind...

Last edited by azrael_darkness at 05-Nov-2004 22:22

yeah i might just stick to angels

could i have 1 large one and two small ones

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

well they all get to be the same size... i would say a pair of angels would be good, sometimes if theres an odd number they will constantly harass the odd man out

4 angelfish
4 rams
10 cardinal tetras
6 hatchets
6 corys
1 pictus cat
3 upside down cats

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

ive got a 42 gal

I think mabe a firemouth

ideas please

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

not bad i dont think, but i would probably cut down on the bottom feeders, either cut the corys or just keep 1 of the catfish. rams are mid to bottom dwellers so you probably dont wanna crowd the bottom too much.

here is a theory i came up with when i was wasted. read it if you feel like laughing. ok it might not even be funny. but it makes perfect sense. i think. i think it might be genius. i dont know i will read it again tomorow and see if it makes sense.

tanks are like 3 story buldings. floor 1 for the bottom dwellers, floor 2 for the mid dwellers and floor 3 for the top dwellers. some fish will only stay on certain floors and some fish will wander around between 2 or maybe all 3. regardless of how big the building is, you can populate it with the right capacity, but if everyone wants to hang out on the top floor or everyone wants to hang out at the bottom floor, then the population obviously isnt evenely distributed and stuff. which would mean you cant keep as many in there. my point is you can keep the maximum amount of fish (space wise anyhow) if you keep an even distribution between top, mid, and bottom dwellers.

what you've got there seems to be a little bottom heavy, just might wanna even it out i think

was that a fish guru or einstein that wrote that

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

with that reply ill get rid of all the upside downs

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

Pictus or upside downs. Both are cool. I would only have one small shoal of either. I think having both would cause fighting. Personally im not a cory fan, so i would have 4-5 of either cat fish and no corys. But its your tank, so in the end you have to go with what you like the best, and what will fit in your tank.

i strongly reconment not having pictus, there are really hyper, prefer schools, and some species of them can get like 8'' oh and they'll glady tank care of the cardinals. plus USD synos rock

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4 angelfish
4 rams
10 cardinal tetras
6 hatchets
6 corys
1 pictus cat
3 upside down cats
This is what you want:
I vote 4 Angels
4 Rams -which kind are you gonna get, Bolivians or Blues?
10 Cardinal Tetras
10 Hatchets
4 Upside Down Cats
That would look great. The pictus will eventually eat your cardinals, so I wouldnt go for one of them. A 42g is a little small for a shoal of pictus anyway.
Besides Upside Down Cats are awesome!!!!
Maybe you could even get them to breed.
I would choose more of them over corys as well,
or perhaps some type of smaller loach- Queen Botia, Tiger Botia, Horseface Botia, etc.
Also, Maybe in the future consider an algae eater of some type: A Farlowella Catfish would be good, or a Bristlenose Pleco.


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I still think the pictus should be scratched from the tank....mostly from the size of the tank. Lets face it, they're active and schooling fish, they wouln't be very comfortable in that tank....just think 3 hyper 4 year olds in the back seat on a 5 day car trip .

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"was that a fish guru or einstein that wrote that"

haha i wrote that last night i'm glad it makes sense. i knew what i was trying to say i just didnt know how to say it...

forget all those fish just get blind cave fish!

there blue rams??????
i think

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

id like to keep the corys

is there any other catfish that has as much character as a pictus that would fit in my tank

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''

Cories have tons of character and personality, and they are my favorite catfish. I'd recommend a shoal of eight to ten cories in a tank that size.
I'd just dump the pictus cats, and go with just the cories. You could probably add an upside down catfish, but there's no need unless you really want one.

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And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."

could i then add a whiptail?

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''All the clown fish and yellow tangs in the world cant save you now!''