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Starting An Amazon Tank


Milet

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Okay, the tanks setup and going through cycling now.

Im not gonna go with the whole amazon biotope thing now. Just with some nice amazon swords, some grassy plants and fish from different parts of the amazon.

So far for the tank ive got two angels, a common plec, a geo suri and a small Black Ghost Knife on the way.

I want a few more to add to it, possibly something small, but not too small that will get eaten by the angels or BGF, or some big fish.

Any suggestions?

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Hey dude, just want to make sure you know that common plecs get huge (mine is about 40cm) and they'll rip plants to bits by sucking on the stems/leaves and stripping them. Bristlenose are a lot more plant friendly.

But as for your question, I know they're not 'amazon' but I kind of like a few (4 or 5) danios of any kind darting around. Keeps the angels occupied and they're way too quick to get bitten. They're also normally greyish in colour, so doesn't look out of place.

Another option is dwarf cichlids, I especially recommend Apistogramma Agasezii (spelling?) which we've bred here. The female turns bright yellow (when in breeding mode) and the male has long orange fins, they're great parents too, and a joy to watch. Not sure how they'd go with a BGK because I've never had a ghost knife before.

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Thanks Spidersweb for that, my pleco is good with plants he doesnt tend to touch them if i feed him well.

Davidb, i thought they were from amazon basin? Oh well my bad, aquahobby.com,badmanstropicalfish.com and wikipedia must be wrong then...... :-? :-? :-? :-? :-? :-? :-? :-? :-?

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BGK is from the amazon, I think david might be mixed up with the other knife fish species e.g. clown knife.

I also hear that as the BGK gets older they start getting picky about food, only wanting live fish etc? Never had one, just what I'd heard, but sounds like you've done all your research anywho :)

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looks up Apistogramma Agasezii.....

oh ive seen them looks it up on the internet.......

i think they would be good for a tank like you want

the hard part will be finding some....

:)

I have a gorgeous breeding pair here and about 20-30 offspring but they're taking SOOooo long to grow, been 2 months or so and still not what I'd consider sellable :(

Think they might still be on the 'Fish Lists', would be worth a look.

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BGK is from the amazon, I think david might be mixed up with the other knife fish species e.g. clown knife.

I also hear that as the BGK gets older they start getting picky about food, only wanting live fish etc? Never had one, just what I'd heard, but sounds like you've done all your research anywho :)

i was in the pet shop the other day and the owner there feed a sliver knife fish a medium sized goldfish!! lol ate it from head to tail

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i was in the pet shop the other day and the owner there feed a sliver knife fish a medium sized goldfish!! lol ate it from head to tail

Wow nice! lol eww

Im going to keep the BGF in there untill it starts to get big enough to eat live fish, then it will be going into a display tank in the games room :D

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