taylorboosh
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setting up a fish tank, 4 ft, only going to have 1 fish and a bottom feeder of some sort, want some thing that moves and looks like a shark of some sort?? fresh water...... suggestions
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taylorboosh
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oh if it gets too big for tank my dads friend has a 8 foot 1
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Cosmo
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Piranha?
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liamgallagher1994
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Originally posted by Cosmo
Piranha?
They will eat everything 
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liamgallagher1994
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Get a Plexus bottom feeder  i had 1
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taylorboosh
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Piranha?
They will eat everything
mate had them look nothing like a shark nor do they swim like them, and they are ugly and boring when not being fed 
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taylorboosh
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Get a Plexus bottom feeder i had 1
thats my plan for the bottom feeder hehe armour plated almost arent they
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liamgallagher1994
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Get a Plexus bottom feeder i had 1
thats my plan for the bottom feeder hehe armour plated almost arent they
the 1 i had was yellow and about 4inch
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taylorboosh
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mate had 1in with his piranhas, was bit bigger than 4 inches they ate its belly but left the rest
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liamgallagher1994
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mate had 1in with his piranhas, was bit bigger than 4 inches they ate its belly but left the rest
nice
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sam-smith
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silver shark or red tailed shark
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Brett
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Piranha?
They will eat everything
Cue my video 
My piranha..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-RTtYbrfQs
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sam-smith
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or an upside down catfish i have one its awesme make a good single species
its mystus summin http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=21 they get about12 iches
and red tailed sharks are best kept as asingle as they are territorial where as silver sharks are better as ashoal
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taylorboosh
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do these swim/look like sharks? if u get what i mean as in swim wagging thier tail
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taylorboosh
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or an upside down catfish i have one its awesme make a good single species
its mystus summin http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=21 they get about12 iches
and red tailed sharks are best kept as asingle as they are territorial where as silver sharks are better as ashoal
these look
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sam-smith
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red ails do eah. i had one but got rid of it fr biting tails.
theupside down ones are fairly hard to get your hands on but if your getting just one fish id recomend one of these as they are rally cool/ they are literally upsie down all he time
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TomSBD
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have a look on here for fish plus gives a good guide to keeping them
http://www.tropicalfish4u.co.uk/Fish/Freshwater/Sharks
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Cosmo
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mate had them look nothing like a shark nor do they swim like them, and they are ugly and boring when not being fed
You will not get a shark in fresh water.
You will not get a shark in a 4ft salt water tank.
Piranhas are ugly?...
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taylorboosh
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mate had them look nothing like a shark nor do they swim like them, and they are ugly and boring when not being fed
You will not get a shark in fresh water.
You will not get a shark in a 4ft salt water tank.
Piranhas are ugly?...
yes butt uggly tbh, like i said only good when being fed
and i dont want a shark, was wondering if theres anything that resembles them in the way they swim etc
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MarkM
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Pictus catfish has shark like fins. I have one
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Cosmo
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They look and act nothing like sharks though - and wouldnt be interesting at any time (seems you're so concerned about P's only being interested when eating).
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MarkM
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I have slowly converted the stock in my tank...I now have:
1 RTBS
1 Pictus Catfish
6 Silver Dollars
2 Blue Acara's
2 Firemouths
Conventions say the new world cichlids and the RTBS shouldnt get on...but they do...and have done for a while...the RTBS is bigger than the cichlids though...
I want another tank though when I move house next year...it wont be a display tank...would love a huge shoal of RBPs...
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Cosmo
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would love a huge shoal of RBPs...
Go with Piraya - like RBPs but yellow (pic I posted above), keep their colour when they are large and a much bigger in size.
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MarkM
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would love a huge shoal of RBPs...
Go with Piraya - like RBPs but yellow (pic I posted above), keep their colour when they are large and a much bigger in size.
How much bigger? It's the shoaling that I like and with a bigger fish the shoal would have to be smaller?
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Cosmo
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How much bigger? It's the shoaling that I like and with a bigger fish the shoal would have to be smaller?
Not bigger in length (well, they do get bigger in length but you're talking 5+ yrs down the line). I more mean wider, bigger jaws, bigger head on them.
They say approx 20gal per Piranha, but you can overstock this depending on the filtration and tank set up.
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