Help Me Choose 150G Stocking?

[markandhisfish]

exactly mags , its horses for courses at the end of the day to each their own. for me its the colours and the elegance of the discus that attracts me . plus i like the extra challenge involved in maintaining a perfect environment .

 

[simonas]

discus are great fish to keep I had some 8 inch across fish about 10 yrs ago and they are bolshy fish not far different to big sevs in my opinion

Its going to be the discus I think, just waiting for the guy to pick the piranhas up now then I;ll drain the tank and filter and finally move the big tank where I want it and pain the back and sides blue like my marine

 

[kizno1]

I would got for some nice plecs and the rainbow fish.

 

[simonas]

well the piranhas have gone so time to start cleaning it up etc just waiting for heaters to cool down befroe draining it all

 

[Glenbo1981]

I would go for a Pair of Severums, 5-6 Geos (Tapajos or Suris), Oscar and some dithers.

Or a Midas and Jag.

 

[forby3]

i agree with glenbo 110% lol

 

[simonas]

I;ve never liked severums for some reason

I just fancy tetras and stuff for a change and marks pics have certainly tempted me again

 

[markandhisfish]

if you go discus simonas make sure you get them from a specialist breeder/importer . avoid lfs discus they are usually poor quality. anyway il stop teaching you to suck eggs mate yove had em before so you know what youre doing . im still learning , but even in the couple of months ive been planning the tank ad the 2 days ive actually had the fish , the amount i have learned is amazing

 

[shelaghfishface]

I would say expand on the Clown Loach and Congo Tetra theme, go for a full-on African river biotope!

• Butterfly fish
• Alestes Tetra
• Yellow-tailed Congo Tetra
• Distichodus species (single as not social?)
• Bushfish
• Filter Shrimp
• Debauwi catfish
• Lionhead Cichhlid
• Thomasi Dwarf Cichlid
• Spiny eel
• Transvestite Cichlid (? Only reach ~5cm but they are supposed to punch above their weight. Might leave lasting impression on others if everything bought as babies, so as adults they remember this fiesty little fish)
• Syndontis catfish
• African Barb
• Harlequin shark (single specimen, my fave LFS has a tank of these, but not researched them yet... WOULD NEED GOOD COMPATABILITY CHECK, as can be bullies and they grow to ~15cm
• Knife fish
• Tilapia
• etc. etc.
  

i read that too fast and thought it said kipper... no i dunno how either

what i was going to say was, how about upgrading your marine

 

[markandhisfish]

kipper??? you donut!!

 

[Liam50]

i had an oscar once and i really liked it but i thought a semi community would be better so i sold him on.. needless to say instantly regretted my decision i would say go for a fish that has a brain and interacts with you. thats why i said puffer because from what i have seen on utube they are pretty clever also look amazing and i would love a member on here to have one.

 

[simonas]

sod the kippers but I;m having sardines for tea on toast wit ha spicy sauce yum yum

I've thought of that Shelagh but don't fancy the amount of money tobuy live rock water etc I;m dead excited all over again lol

 

[shelaghfishface]

sod the kippers but I;m having sardines for tea on toast wit ha spicy sauce yum yum

I've thought of that Shelagh but don't fancy the amount of money tobuy live rock water etc I;m dead excited all over again lol

yuk! lol
yeah, fair point, it is one hell of an expense.. one day eh

 

[ChilliPepper]

I'd either do a SA setup with Sevs, an Oscar and some dithers or have kept the piranhas in the first place I love RBP, so pretty.

I agree with Minxfishy on the 'wafting fish' discus comment - they don't do it for me either, despite how pretty they are. All I see in lfs though is dull, depressed individuals so it doesn't really inspire me.

I love big cichlids with personality, and S/W for big setups

 

[Wills]

I like the idea of the african comm tank with clowns and congos but I wouldnt limit your self to 10 of each and thats it, the clowns are going to take a long time to max out, potentially speaking wrong here as I know very little about them but would frontosas fit with these as well?

Wills