rope fish

Hey y’all! I know they’re not polypterus but this is the closest forum I found. I’ve had two young ropefish in a 55g community tank for about a month. I made the mistake of feeding them primarily frozen bloodworms with some frozen brine shrimp for most of this time. After further reading I...

Hello, I have an ***h0le blue texas (25cm) and a common pleco(30cm) in a 45gal (obviously a nano tank for this fish, I know, please don't trow rocks at me, I water change religiously) with a bunch of snaks (guppies). I'm buying a 70 galon this weekend as an upgrade. The problem is , there...

I got 2 12" rope fish less than a week ago. Everything was going well until this morning when I woke up and one of my rope fish was severely hurt. After doing research the only thing I can think is my pleco did this to him during the night since they both have been hanging out together. I'm...

I have had a tank my entire life. I started with a 75 gallon that was maintained by my mother for 20+ years. I had it for 10 years before selling it and upgrading to a 200 gallon about 6 months ago. About 3 weeks ago I got 2 rope fish. 1 got out and was eaten by my cat on the 3rd day. I got...

I have had a tank my entire life. I started with a 75 gallon that was maintained by my mother for 20+ years. I had it for 10 years before selling it and upgrading to a 200 gallon about 6 months ago. About 3 weeks ago I got 2 rope fish. 1 got out and was eaten by my cat on the 3rd day. I got...

Got our African shipment in today!! 2" Tetraodon miurus (red) (congo puffer) - $65.oo Ea. 2.75"-3" Aba Aba Knifefish -$30.oo Ea. 5"-6" Vittatus Tigerfish -$225.oo Ea. 7"-8" Polypterus palmus polli -$125.oo 8"-10" Rope(Reed)...

Today I noticed white spots on my smaller rope fish. It’s only on his head and I’ve had them about a month in a tank with my cichlids. I’m not sure if it’s ich but I want to jump on it before my other rope fish gets it. The one with it is Slinky and he’s the one on the bottom

Does anyone have experience keeping African Butterfly Fish with smaller uppers like Retropinnis, Mokele-mbembe and either a Polli/Dehlezi/Palmas/Senegalus? There will also be an African knife and 3 ropes and a few other 6" Middle/top swimmers. It will be in a 150 paludarium with around 20" of...

Hi I am new to the site but have a nice 75 gallon setup with some baby monster fish. It has a glass bottom with rocks and lots of places to hide and my fish so far are, 2 rope fish, 2 fire eels, one goby dragon, a zig zag eel, a clown knife fish, a peacock eel, a spiny eel, a dinosaur bichir 7...

Need help. Just purchased some ropefish a few days ago. Two have died. 3 are left. I have two canister filters, each rated for 100 gallons, filtering the tank. Biological media, carbon, and plent of mechanical filtration in both. Have done a lot of water changes to combat the fact that I added 5...

Hey, so I've had a rope fish for about 3 weeks now. He's in a 39 gallon tank with the following: 4 Angel fish 2 Blue Rainbows 2 Electric Blue Rams 2 African Butterflies 2 Green Cory Cats 2 Assassin Snails 1 Bristlenose Pleco and 10 Diamond Tetras And then the ropefish itself. Now everyones...