So I bought an aquarium...

Question

i bought a 12 gallon tank and im getting a black ghost knife, a dwarf gourami, a clown loach, and a rainbow shark. all of them are between 2 and 5 inches right now, will they live fine together in 12 gallons? (i have plenty of places for them to hide, too)

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

I agree with tropical crab, the knife fish will get bigger and so will the clown loach. The knife fish will most likely EAT the dwarf gourami! I say get a school of cardinal tetras, a dwarf gourami of any color and a school of cory's or kuhli loaches!  

Answer 3

no, with those fish you need at least a 45 gallon for them to live comfortably.

they may be small now, but they will grow

Answer 4

Those fish might do fine in 12 gallons now but soon they'll have to have a bigger, wait, HUGER tank. Like a 250 gallon would be comfortable for them all.

Your looking at possibly 38 inches of fish in a 12 gallon tank? That's a little crammed.

But in terms of temperature those fish are all fairly closely related. 80 degrees fahrenheit would be a good temp for them.

Read up before buying.

Black Ghost Knife info:

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/...

http://aqualandpetsplus.com/Knife,%20Bla...

http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_Black...

Dwarf Gourami info:

http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_lalia...

Clown Loach info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clown_loach

http://badmanstropicalfish.com/profiles/...

http://petcaretips.net/clown-loach-fish....

Rainbow Shark info:

http://www.fishlore.com/profiles_rainbow...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_sha...

http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?...

Answer 5

the knife gets 18''

loach gets 12''

so no.