how many fish is to many

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mcfaddy212000
 
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by mcfaddy212000

Correction it is big enough for the two yoyos


marcusrose123
 
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by marcusrose123

its only big enough for two yoyo-loaches?
i cant see how you say this isnt enough room they all seem to be happy and fine and the tanks has been set up for 7years so i think i know more about these kind of fish than you do thank you very much :)


mcfaddy212000
 
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by mcfaddy212000

A dwarf snakehead can get up to 12-14" one that's not a dwarf can get up to 36" a black ghost knife gets to be 20". So one snakehead as an adult needs 400 gallons and an adult knife needs 200 so I hope your planing on flooding your basement. Do your research bud, also there is a reason that they are banded in the united states, this is cause a snakehead will kill anything that will fit in its mouth. So with that being said your yoyos won't stand a chance with them once they get big enough.


natalie265
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by natalie265

There's no way that those fish, as adults, could live happily and comfortably in a 30 gallon tank. In fact, i find it very unlinkley they would even survive to adulthood in such a small tank.


marcusrose123
 
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by marcusrose123

i cant see how this is because i have had both of my snakeheads for 6years now and they still seem very happy :)
nd my black ghost knifefish are the same, however yes i know the yoyo-loaches will probley end up as food im willing to admit that!
however they are very large yoyo-loaches i have never seen any the same size as mine


natalie265
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by natalie265

How long have you had the ghost knives and how big are they? How many inches are the snake heads?


DanDman18
 
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by DanDman18

Just curious, where do you live, because here in the US snakeheads are illegal to own, and from what i understand they are very hard to keep in a fish tank.


marcusrose123
 
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by marcusrose123

i live in the uk, nd they are a fair size :) nd not i havent found them hard to look after at all they are amazing fish, eat anything, good to look at fish quite active ect :)


dream2reef
 
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by dream2reef

sorry I'm late what happened to the one inch per gallon rule? no one said that one. I probably just missed it.


marcusrose123
 
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by marcusrose123

personally i think that one inch per gallon doesnt work for my tank, all the fish in my tank are loving it, that may work with smaller fish or cichlids, but i have found that as there have room to swim about, good fliter system, once a week water changes, nd all the fish are fed the right food i cant really see what the problem is!

how many fish is to many

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