Hey Rusty,
The ornate Bichir does get large to about 18" and get thick. That said they are pretty good with anything that could not be considered food. SO I am not worried about them. The Nandus like I said I am not married to having them and could consider replacing with another couple of large mid ...

Do you think anyone of my stock would bully it/ I cant see any of them... except for maybe the Angelicus as you guys are making them sound real bullish... but certainly not the butterflys or ropefish. I think the tiger leaf fish would be ok too... but I am not married to them being in this tank ...

Sorry about that.

I could have sworn they were african. And they are fine with fish that are to large to eat. But if they think they can eat it they are vicious.

As for the elephant nose. That is really interesting. I wish I had a tank large enough to observe that... I had no idea. Everything I ...

Hi!

This is very interesting as the general advise on all german forums and homepages i know is that these are shoaling fish requiring tanks of above 500 litres and more for groups of 6 fish.

That name is Caol btw ;)

hehe.. sorry about that.

Hmmm. Everything I have ever read is to the contrary ...

Everything looks fine to me, except the S. angelicus. You'll only be able to keep 1. Once they get any size to them they get territorial, unless you have 5 or 6, and even that is no guarantee. They tend to just spend their nights chasing and tormenting the one they want to get out of their ...

Just as a side question: Arent elephant noses shoaling fish?

Hey Carol,
They actually couldnt be any further from shoaling. Quite solitary and ornary at that. They are an electric fish not unlike BGKs or baby whales etc. They do not tolerate any other electrical fish in the same tank. You may be ...

oh. It should be noted that the following is how it will be set up; a sand substrate about an inch think. Tons of planted driftwood and rocks. A custom background(made by me) with wood infused that will have anubias, moss, bolbitis and ferns growing all over the place. I will also build over hangs ...

I want to keep the following stock in a 90 gallon most of which I have(except the synos obviously)

1 elephant nose
2 Nandus Nandus-African false tiger elaf fish
2 African Butterflys
2 Rope fish (Erpetoichthys calabaricus)
2 Syno.Decorus
3 Syno.Sngelicus

My main question isnt of compatability (I ...

Thank you for the replys.

I guess it sounds like they could but not necessarily. Do you think that they would be ok with the fish stock I am planning on keeping. I dont think they would ever see an elephant nose as food or an african butterfly... but I wanted to ask the experts.

The 90 is an ...

on the E-log it states 12"... others are telling me this is incorrect. That they can attain 24". I want to house three in a 90 with 2 Snake fish, 2 African Butterflys and an elephant nose. At 12 inches I think that would be ok... but at more Probobly not.

Experience with these, anyone?

If these do ...