Rope fish??
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They're neat, I hear, but very hard to keep. Pretty much all eels and eel-like fish are great escape artists. They'll muscle their way out of the tank for you to find in the morning on the floor. I don't know much about the rope fish, but I do know that I had to help a frightened walmart employee catch one once when I got out of their tank and was squirming on the floor.
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They are not too hard to keep but ALL must be sealed no matter how small. They can and will squeeze out and find their way to the floor.
They are meat-eaters and will eat all your smaller fishes (cardinals, ect).
They are meat-eaters and will eat all your smaller fishes (cardinals, ect).
Rope fish get pretty big and imho a 30 gallon tank is a bit too small. These guys can get up to 36 inches long. They usually like the company of other rope fish but can be kept by them selves.
They are extremely picky eaters as I have come to find out. I have been trying a mix of foods and so far I can't tell what mine likes. I have ghost shrimp in the tank with him, I drop in blood worms a lot and shrimp pellets and night crawlers, I even put in some guppies for him to nip at
So far he hasn't touched the guppies, I'm not sure about the ghost shrimp. They are already hard enough to find in a 125 gallon tank. As for the night crawlers, I'm pretty sure my crayfish eats those before he gets a chance.
Your tank will have to be completely sealed. Mine jumped out within a few days of having him, needless to say the tank is completely sealed now. They can live out of water for a couple hours.
Like I said in the first sentence though, 30 gallons is too small of a tank considering the size these fish get. Unless you are planning to get a bigger tank soon after you get a rope fish I would not get one. The minimum I would keep one in is a 75 gal tank.
my 2 cents
They are extremely picky eaters as I have come to find out. I have been trying a mix of foods and so far I can't tell what mine likes. I have ghost shrimp in the tank with him, I drop in blood worms a lot and shrimp pellets and night crawlers, I even put in some guppies for him to nip at
So far he hasn't touched the guppies, I'm not sure about the ghost shrimp. They are already hard enough to find in a 125 gallon tank. As for the night crawlers, I'm pretty sure my crayfish eats those before he gets a chance.Your tank will have to be completely sealed. Mine jumped out within a few days of having him, needless to say the tank is completely sealed now. They can live out of water for a couple hours.
Like I said in the first sentence though, 30 gallons is too small of a tank considering the size these fish get. Unless you are planning to get a bigger tank soon after you get a rope fish I would not get one. The minimum I would keep one in is a 75 gal tank.
my 2 cents
Like others have said, I believe that they like being with others of their own species. Read this...its basically the same as what others have already said.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=830+836+2777&pcatid=2777
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=830+836+2777&pcatid=2777
pretty fast. You usually find them in stores between 8 and 12 inches. Mine grew about another inch or so the first month I had it and I got it right around 10 inches, it's now around 13-14 the little growth spurt it had has seemed to slow down now though. IMO at purchase size, say if you get one that is 10-12 inches long, I think you should already have a larger tank for it.
If you are planning on getting a new tank eventually I would say hold off on getting a rope fish until you have a bigger tank, it would be much happier.
If you are planning on getting a new tank eventually I would say hold off on getting a rope fish until you have a bigger tank, it would be much happier.
I have one in a 55 gallon tank, he paces too much even there, and will have to be sold to someone with a 75 or larger.
Interestingly enough for a carnivorous fish, he sometimes takes frozen shelled peas.
Interestingly enough for a carnivorous fish, he sometimes takes frozen shelled peas.
