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flynngriff · 01-19-2005, 06:17 PM

Hi...

I'm new here, but I have had a couple of ropefish and Bichir... Currently,. my ropefish is about 20 inches long, and I have him in a 125 gallon tank with mostly south american fish. PH 6.6, soft water. He's doing very well so far, and I've had him nearly a year. He's not aggresive at all, but does seem inquisitive. I wouldn't put him in with malawi cichlids, though... I think he'd get pretty beat up. I've never even seen him go after any feeder guppies. I think he would probably be fine in your community tank, especially if he's a baby.

Please take my advice for what it is... One man's experience with one fish. All fish have different temperments, so it really depends on the individual fish. You could try him in the community tank, and if he seems to go after your smaller fish, try him in the cichlid tank. I put fish in my 29 gallon to let them grow large enough to survive with the large fish in the 125. When they're large enough to survive, I move them to the big tank. Something like this might work for you.

01-19-2005, 06:17 PM	#5
flynngriff Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlanta, GA Age: 35 Posts: 443	Re: ropefish (aka:Erpetoichthys Calabaricus, reedfish, snakefish) Hi... I'm new here, but I have had a couple of ropefish and Bichir... Currently,. my ropefish is about 20 inches long, and I have him in a 125 gallon tank with mostly south american fish. PH 6.6, soft water. He's doing very well so far, and I've had him nearly a year. He's not aggresive at all, but does seem inquisitive. I wouldn't put him in with malawi cichlids, though... I think he'd get pretty beat up. I've never even seen him go after any feeder guppies. I think he would probably be fine in your community tank, especially if he's a baby. Please take my advice for what it is... One man's experience with one fish. All fish have different temperments, so it really depends on the individual fish. You could try him in the community tank, and if he seems to go after your smaller fish, try him in the cichlid tank. I put fish in my 29 gallon to let them grow large enough to survive with the large fish in the 125. When they're large enough to survive, I move them to the big tank. Something like this might work for you.