Re-Stocking Ideas For A 300L

[mabner]

Hello,
I've been reading this forum for some time but this is my first post. I've got a tank that measures 121 x 41 x 55.5 cm and is currently a yellow lab set up with the exception of 3 synodontis.

What I was thinking of doing was to sell all the fish or trade them and get a single fish in there, or a pair if a single one is not advisable. I think I'm starting to dislike all that rock-work cluttering the tank.

I checked the internet a bit, read a couple of pages and different posts but still can't reach a conclusion as to what fish to go for. I was thinking of an Tilapia buttikoferi but it seems like they grow a bit too much and there's also a pH issue. My pH has always been 8 and gH around 13~14.

Is there any not so big fish that could be happily kept as a singleton in my tank with such water parameters?

Any help would be very appreciated
Cheers

 

[synodontismultipunctatus]

dont know if it would fit but polypterus ornatipini does well in those conditions, it comes from africa and has been found in some rift lakes,

im guessing the tank is two small for one tho ...

maybe smaller bichir ?

 

[mabner]

Thanks for the heads up on the polypterus. I've been reading a bit about them and have come up with a few smaller possibilities: P. palmas palmas, P. palmas polli, P. palmas buettikoferi, P. delhezi, P. retropinnis retropinnis, P. retropinnis lowei and P. senegalus senegalus.
Just about every website that I checked had a different maximum and possible size for the senegalus senegalus and many of the other ones, and the same goes for the pH. One of my not so local shops had some senegalus and other ones last time I visited them.

 

[always4lora]

You'll struggle to get retropinnis and some of the palmas. Ornates are awsome but get to around 2ft so maybe a little big for you tank, delhezi and sengal should be available to you and stay small.

 

[gasmask]

Hi!
As always4lora said, some of the Palmas and the retros will be difficult to get hold of. There isn't much in the way of lower jaws you would get away with, but there are defo options for upper jaws.

I would say Ornate is a no no.

Senegals are cool little dudes, that can be quite active and colorful if cared for properly.
P. Palmas Polli isn't too difficult to get hold of. They look a little like Senagals but a bit more colorful and patterned. If you find one make sure for fact it is a Palmas, not a senegal.

Here is a pic of my P.Palmas Polli to compare:

 

[mabner]

Thanks for all the replies and the pictures too, will come very handy tomorrow.
So far i've found senegalus, ornatipinnis and endlicheri localy. The endlicheri's are really nice but grows even more that the ornatipinnis and I found them to be a bit too sedentary. I watched their tank for about 5 minutes and only one of them that had its head buried in the gravel moved a bit, while the senegalus were all over the place. No signs of any palmas yet. I'm gonna go visit another shop tomorrow, which normally have at least two different types (?) of polypterus whenever I visit them.
If I don't find any palmas or a delhezi then senegalus it will be.

I'll see how it goes tomorrow and hopefully I'll come home with one of them

 

[mabner]

Please forgive the quality of the pictures Took lots of them but only two got a not so terrible focus. The tank is far from done, not even the background is in place yet. I'm gonna put some low to medium light plants in there and some fish for the surface, thinking of a few congo tetras as it seems like they live in peace from what I've read. Adding a senegalus in there is becoming more and more tempting as the time goes by.

This is him trying to ambush a cherry shrimp, but it seems like they're too fast for him He does catch one every now and then though