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Thinking about getting a baby whale?
I want to get a baby whale for my aquarium. I have 3 large angelfish, 2 batasio havmolleri (4 inch species of catfish from Thailand), and a glass catfish (AKA ghost catfish). I wasn't sure if it would get along with these. My current tank is 25 gallons, but in the next couple of days I'm going to move my fish to a 55 gallon. I have a have a gravely substrate but I'm probably going to mix it with something a little smaller in case I do get a baby whale. Also I was wondering what they eat.
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- copperheadLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
They're relatively peaceful fish, so they might be terrorized by your angels as they mature and lay eggs. Instead, you might consider keeping the 25 gallon just for these. They are nocturnal, pbut like a planted tank, so if you have them in a separate tank, you could use dim lighting during the day (to simulate nighttime/moonlight) and have the lights on for the plants at night, when you won't be awake to watch the fish anyway - just keep their tank somewhere where the light won't bother anyone.
The eat live foods (try mosquito larvae from a clean source) or frozen foods (bloodworms, enriched brine shrimp), and you're correct that they prefer a fine gravel or sand for the bottom.
Source(s): http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/410.htm http://www.wetwebmedia.com/FWSubWebIndex/mormyrids... - Anonymous1 decade ago
the fish you named would be ok with them but i do have a few suggestions.
if the angels are agressive, don't get the baby whale.
get like 5 or so more of the glass cats, they look and do much better in schools.
and use mroe fine substrate than course in your new set up
let the 55 be running for about 6 months or so just to let things get well established before you add the whale, keep the glass cats in the 25 untill the 55 is established, they aslo do much better in established tanks.
you may also want to keep the baby whale in the 25 for a few weeks to make sure he's disease free and easting well.
as far as feeding, any kind of worm will be divoured with great relish, live worms if you can find them are an especial delicacy, bloodworms, tubifex, black worms, small earth worms will all be gobbled up. they may also take flake and/or pellet food, but don't quote me on that.
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baby whale is a general name for the mormyrid fish of africa, the elephant nose is probably the most famous of these
ok so what the hell did i say wrong this time?
- Anonymous1 decade ago
Hi, could you be more specific about the type of 'whale' fish you are getting? Is this just part of it's name? How about it's scientific name so we can help you out? Thanks
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