I want rope fish so fucking much, but I've heard that you need like a 130 gallon tank to take care of them. If you only need 60 gallons for three I'm going to definitely reconsider, but I am feeling some reservations about this advice. These have become my favorite fish in a short period of time, but I want it to be able to have tankmates as they're social, and I'd like some other fish like angel, dwarf gourami, and congo tetra. Obviously this would add to tank size but the +5gal advice is really interesting
As with all advice in the fishkeeping world it should always be taken with a pinch of salt and I should clarify I am not a professional. Guidelines are not tramlines and they can be deviated from. I am speaking from experience in reguards to the guide given, they are very social fish especially with their own kind but I will advise caution on tank mates as they are predatory and will take the opportunity to have a snack if they can. Any fish that isn't overly agressive and does not fit in the ropefishes mouth should be ok but as stated before I highly advise doing your own research before commiting as you are doing. They are wonderful little creatures and I am confident in the advice I have given as my ropefish are happy and healthy but as I said this is just my personal experience. A general rule of thumb is the bigger os always the better and I do not advise just sticking to a minimum as it worthwhile giving them more room to display natural behaviour. Sorry for the late reply I finally got Covid so I haven't been active for a while.
Love my rope fish, I have a total of 3 for the past 7 yrs and have enjoyed their company. Problem is now that their full size nothing that can fit in their mouth survive any longer with these three on the prey. The have taken out my total population of shrimp, guppies, endlers, and snails. All I have left are bigger tetras and corys within the same tank now.
They will uproot plants as they spend a lot of the time at the bottom of the tank sifting through substrate so you'll Want quite deep rooting plants that are hardy. And they will love a blackwater tank as their native environment has lots of leaf litter in it!
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I want rope fish so fucking much, but I've heard that you need like a 130 gallon tank to take care of them.
If you only need 60 gallons for three I'm going to definitely reconsider, but I am feeling some reservations about this advice.
These have become my favorite fish in a short period of time, but I want it to be able to have tankmates as they're social, and I'd like some other fish like angel, dwarf gourami, and congo tetra. Obviously this would add to tank size but the +5gal advice is really interesting
As with all advice in the fishkeeping world it should always be taken with a pinch of salt and I should clarify I am not a professional.
Guidelines are not tramlines and they can be deviated from.
I am speaking from experience in reguards to the guide given, they are very social fish especially with their own kind but I will advise caution on tank mates as they are predatory and will take the opportunity to have a snack if they can.
Any fish that isn't overly agressive and does not fit in the ropefishes mouth should be ok but as stated before I highly advise doing your own research before commiting as you are doing.
They are wonderful little creatures and I am confident in the advice I have given as my ropefish are happy and healthy but as I said this is just my personal experience.
A general rule of thumb is the bigger os always the better and I do not advise just sticking to a minimum as it worthwhile giving them more room to display natural behaviour.
Sorry for the late reply I finally got Covid so I haven't been active for a while.
Love my rope fish, I have a total of 3 for the past 7 yrs and have enjoyed their company. Problem is now that their full size nothing that can fit in their mouth survive any longer with these three on the prey. The have taken out my total population of shrimp, guppies, endlers, and snails. All I have left are bigger tetras and corys within the same tank now.
They're cute with their little fins
Are tannins beneficial to them? Are they known to uproot carpeting plants?
They will uproot plants as they spend a lot of the time at the bottom of the tank sifting through substrate so you'll Want quite deep rooting plants that are hardy.
And they will love a blackwater tank as their native environment has lots of leaf litter in it!