[FeederFish33]

what size tank for 5 reds, 1 ternetzi. 1 common wolffish, 1 sailfin pleco, and 3 bucktooth tetras for life?

 

[hastatus]

what size tank for 5 reds, 1 ternetzi. 1 common wolffish, 1 sailfin pleco, and 3 bucktooth tetras for life?

5 - P. nattereri - 100 gallons or more.

1 - P. nattereri (yellow forum) -55 gallon.

1 - Hoplias - 100 gallon

1- Hypostomus - Pleco - 100 gallon.

3 - Exodon paradoxus - Buck tooth - 20 gallon or larger. They will quarrel among themselves.

 

[FeederFish33]

100 gallons for a pleco? you gotta be kidding!

 

[hastatus]

100 gallons for a pleco? you gotta be kidding!

You must never seen how large some of these species grow. And this fellow didn't specify what species.

 

[FeederFish33]

they max out at 24 inches, no 24 inch pleco needs 100 gallons of water

 

[hastatus]

they max out at 24 inches, no 24 inch pleco needs 100 gallons of water

Do you want your fish comfortable in life? or just a fish in a bowl? If so, put it in a 10 gallon tank.

 

[Genin]

FeederFish13 you did ask what size tank for life. Frank gave you a listing of the size tank these fish need to be COMFORTABLE and live happily. It's up to you what size tank you put them in and many people overcrowd tanks and claim their fish have no problems. whatever you choose to do just try to think about how you'd feel crammed up. as for the pleco thing, if it's with ps then you probably won't have it that long anyhow

Joe

 

[FeederFish33]

okay would a 150 be ok? I know its not as big as hastastus would like it to be, but would be they be able to live fairly happily in it?

 

[hastatus]

okay would a 150 be ok? I know its not as big as hastastus would like it to be, but would be they be able to live fairly happily in it?

Question: Are you planning on putting these fish all together? If yes, then you are inviting problems not just limited by size and if so, unlikely they will be fairly happy which I'm not sure exactly what that means to you.

 

[mdemers883]

Why is it that ppl ask a legitimate question looking for help, and when someone gives them a educated reply (frank in this case) which happens be correct as well ppl get testy. If you ask a question be prepared for an answer, if you want the answer to be what you want to hear then just do what you want.

Mark

 

[FeederFish33]

mdemers883:

i wasnt getting testy, i was just curious of why he felt that a pleco needed 100 gallons. Just because I disagreed doesnt mean i wasnt prepared for an answer. And one more thing: I posted this question for advice. If you are not planning on following ur remark with some advice about what size tank I should use, do not post ur ideas here. If you have something you want to say to me that doesnt have anything to do with this, i dont care. But if you still insist, please pm me.

Once again, I really dont care what you have to say anyway unless it is refering to piranhas, so i will just delete them anyway. There are other forums across the net to help "testy" people.

I apologize for anyone else who had to read this.

 

[hastatus]

FeederFish33:i wasnt getting testy

And for the record, I did not take it that way. I write things (see Lounge discussion by me on this topic) very straight forward. I was not offended in anyway by what FeederFish33 wrote.

 

[piranha 13]

FedderFish33-I think you could get them all in a 150 gallon with little problems.

hastatus- 100 gallons? for a pleco? it will probably be eaten by the piranhas anyway.

 

[hastatus]

hastatus- 100 gallons? for a pleco? it will probably be eaten by the piranhas anyway.

Trying to save him some money. And he didn't say anything in the original post if this tank was for individuals or community. Anyway, interesting topic.

 

[piranha 13]

how were u trying to save him money? you told him to buy an extra 100 gallons for a pleco.

 

[FeederFish33]

yes i would also like to hear this.

 

[hastatus]

it will probably be eaten by the piranhas anyway.

Enough said?

 

[piranha 13]

ya but you still told him to buy an extra 100 gallons. how does that save him money. You never said it would probably get eaten, I did.

 

[thePACK]

oh my bad i saw *(sailfin)

 

[piranha 13]

what kind of pleaco do you have frank...

He has a Rhom pleco. they need 100 gallons each.