Can someone identify this fishies?

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  1. ferretfish

    ferretfish Sea Dragon

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    a very good tankmate with cichlids are silver dollars
     
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  3. Steve34

    Steve34 Feather Star

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    Find a small local fish store they are more likely to take him than most big box stores.

    Put him on craigslist, they really are great fish if you can get past the nasty disposition.

    Depending on size the Managuense will eat the goldfish.
     
  4. Pinoyxprss

    Pinoyxprss Plankton

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    Found a buyer for the Jag cichlid, so now I will have a 55g with a 7"pleco, will it be ok to move my two 2" koi with the pleco?

    Thanx in advance
     
  5. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    No they have differing temperature requirements. The pleco is tropical and the koi are temperate.
     
  6. Pinoyxprss

    Pinoyxprss Plankton

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    Some say its ok, sone say not, now i'm really not sure anymore, my 10g tank is overstocked, 2 koi and 5 goldies, i want to move koi to bigger tank for that reason. I'm worried now
     
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    2in10 Super Moderator

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    Sell the pleco, and then let the temp drop in the bigger tank and put the koi in. You need a bigger tank for the goldies too.
     
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  9. Pinoyxprss

    Pinoyxprss Plankton

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    I figured that much, i wanted the pleco for algea control. Unless i can switch to tropical fish for my tank and rid of koi.
     
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    Yeah, it is one or the other unfortunately.
     
  11. Arosereed

    Arosereed Astrea Snail

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    The long guy to the right is an ornate bichir (sp?) the top guy is def a pleco. I just saw a guy bring an ornate like that into gerbers today.