[shade2dope]

Well the the first thing you will need is a large enough tank like maybe 75-125g.They get about 20 inchs.The other thing is do you want to just keep just a rope fish in a 75g tank as I have seen them eat smaller fish.I have also heard that it can be hard to feed them as the somtimes will only take live food.I have seen these sold at walmart to people planning on putting them in a 10g with there cichlids.When I asked the guy what kind he said not sure the ones from the cichlid tank here.Glad you came here first