Considering the baby whale fish, Red tail shark, Clown loach, and Zebra boita to add to my 40gallon tank im getting next year! What Fish should i remove from the list? REALLY want Baby whale fish.
I have one scissortail Rasbora, one Black molly, and 5 zebra danios
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1 Eve R // Jul 17, 2008
well u should add more rasboras and more black molly. the red tail shark might work as long as you don't add any fish that he'll be able to eat. i wouldn't recomment the clown loach cuz they grow to be over a foot long and i'm not sure about the zebra boita?
google every single one of those fish that you wanna get and see the reasons why you can/can't have them in your tank.
good luck!
2 Emms // Jul 17, 2008
The "baby whale fish" (Pollimyrus castelnaui) is an African Cichlid that is fairly peaceful with other species, but not usually peaceful with others of its own kind. You'll do best to only get one of them if you decide to have that kind of fish in your tank - especially since the tank is not really big. In a 100G or bigger, you'd probably be able to have 2 or 3 without having fights, but that probably will not work well in a 40G tank. Also, they will eat smaller fish (danios, rasboras) once the baby whale fish is big enough to fit the smaller fish in its mouth. They do not like light, and you probably will never see them in the tank when the lights are on. Also - make sure you have lots of hiding places for them and for the fish they may decide look like tasty snacks (dark caves made from rocks or clay pots, etc - lots of plants, bogwood…)
Clown loach won't work in your tank - they need 75G minimum for the first one, and really need to be in groups of 3 or more, which puts their tank needs considerably bigger than the 40G. The Zebra loaches may work - they need to be in groups too, but they don't get huge - about 4" or so max, so a group of them would probably be OK in the 40G tank. Technically they do best in groups of 5 or more, but you may be able to get away with 3 or 4 of them, especially since your tank is a bit on the small side to have 5 of them plus the rest of the fish you want.
Red tailed sharks get pretty big and I would probably not put that into the 40G tank. He's going to torment the rest of the fish as he gets bigger - especially your smaller fish (danios, rasboras, mollies, etc). I'd skip him altogether in this setup.
Also, the rasboras are schooling fish, and you really need to have a few more of them.
Assuming you add a few more rasboras, keep the molly and the 5 danios, you probably have room for the baby whale fish (who will clean out your danios and rasboras in a while). At that point you'll have room for the zebra loaches too. So… if you really want the baby whale, you might want to see about rehoming your smaller fish first.
Good luck with whatever you decide. Hopefully that info helps a bit.
3 blueplaty15 // Jul 17, 2008
Okay so I don't know much about these species, so I did some research on the baby whale fish since that is the one you want most. A 40 gallon tank would be a good home for one. So for whale fish, considering your tank size, it would be a good idea just to get 1. According to this site, http://www.aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/wild/baby_whales.htm
could tank mates for baby whales are elephant noses, african black knife fish, synodontis catfish, clown loaches, gouramis, and angel fish. So personally,I wouldn't get the zebra botia and red tail shark if you really want the baby whale fish. So my only question is what size tank are the current fish in now? Because if its like a 20 gallon or bigger I would recommend adding to that tank 4 more rasboras, 2 more black mollies, and if it is a 29 gallon tank, I would add a small shoal of (3-5) zebra botias to that tank because there are very peaceful.
http://www.loaches.com/species-index/botia-striata
Well hope this helps! =D
Good Luck! =)
4 bluerose // Jul 17, 2008
Maybe you can look at this list here on this link and you can make you decision