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What Kind of Fish2007-11-24 23:09:19

I have 2 pleco's and a channel cat in my 35 gal tank what would be the biggest most aggressive fish that i could put in there withou it eating any of the other fish? and also what is the best fish to put in there that eats the waste? The snails do a good job but the channel cat keeps gettin to them and eating them

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Hmm.. at the moment, it seems your tank is pretty close to full. For a 35 gallon.. your looking at about 35" of possible "fish" you can put in there...

I'd say throw in a Jack Dempsey (or Archocentrus octofasciatus if you want the scientific name...)

They get about 10" at the most and are pretty aggressive.

It's a very colorful fish- and it would do perfect with what you already have in your tank...

*to the dude below*

I just did alot of the research for him...

I checked and double checked- 4 sites stated the Jack dempsy would get no larger than 7-8" and another 2 stated it would reach it's max at about 10"

(and My parents used to have one in their aquarium.. It died just recently = / )

and you obviously dont put an Oscar or arrowana in a 35 gallon tank... those are minimum 75+ fish.

as for the knife fish story-the same thing happened to me- The store manager assured me that the pachu wouldn't get bigger than 5"... but the damn thing sits behind me right now.. and its getting pretty damn close to 20"...

Yeah the dude below me is right though- a good rule is to go to a fish store to buy a fish- not to browse for one.

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Well let me just forewarn you before you go off buying a clown knife, arowana, or bichir.