Stocking Idea.

[Nevergone815]

hmm. i was going on mostly what i can find around here. the ctenepoma would be hard to find. I can find knife fish if needed. the crenichla is a pike cichlid. Theyre pretty interesting. right now im leaning towards the community tank just because of the ease of being able to find stuff. I can find some bichirs though. Im so torn right now.

i would go with a senegal bichir (albino if you can find it- makes no difference but i think they look cooler than the regular ones). after that put in a brown african knifefish and maybe somethign else. the person in the last link i sent you (i think it was) mentioned gettign angels too. i personally just got out of community tanks with livebearers and i love all the oddballs. that is why i suggest them as i finally can own them now . if you can't find peacock eels i'm sure you could go with a pike cichlid. you would have to do some research as i'm not too familiar with them. i have heard about them and have seen photos of them, but never talked to anyone who owned one.

what is it that you can find that is different? i know in your post you found some cooler things, is there any others?

Sand/aquatic soil/some sprinkles of large gravel mix as the substrate. Loads of java moss, elodea and windelov java fern(keeping it simple with easy plants). A few small pieces of bogwood scattered on the ground and some tall stones that reach the half way up to the top of the tank.

I'd have one 200 watt heater set to 25 degrees celcius for the day(turns off at night using a timer) and one set to 22 degrees celcius for the night also using a simple plug timer(simulates day/night cycle). I would have a regular tropical T8 tube for the day and a moonlight for the night. Also two fluval 4 plus internal filters and a small airstone at the back(just because i can).

Now stocking-a shoal of 6 of whatever corydoras take my fancy at the lfs, a couple of mosquito fish, 6 rosy red minnows and a pair of Kribensis. A bit strange i know but i'd love it. Also i would add around 10 amano shrimp, an apple snail and of coarse i would put any triops that were over 1.5 inches in there(i would have a small 3gal with an airstone and 25 watt heater set to 23 degrees celcius for raising them up to that point).


Thats the third time i have posted that . I really want to do it .

i think this actually sounds really cool. when i get either a bigger tank so my 55 is free or i get another 55 gal tank i think i might give it a try. though i don't know when that might be.

 

[three-fingers]

i think this actually sounds really cool. when i get either a bigger tank so my 55 is free or i get another 55 gal tank i think i might give it a try. though i don't know when that might be.

Yay! So then im not that strange for wanting a tank like that . Glad you like the idea, if you ever do give it a try, make a post about it .

 

[Fishy412]

hmm. i was going on mostly what i can find around here. the ctenepoma would be hard to find. I can find knife fish if needed. the crenichla is a pike cichlid. Theyre pretty interesting. right now im leaning towards the community tank just because of the ease of being able to find stuff. I can find some bichirs though. Im so torn right now.

i would go with a senegal bichir (albino if you can find it- makes no difference but i think they look cooler than the regular ones). after that put in a brown african knifefish and maybe somethign else. the person in the last link i sent you (i think it was) mentioned gettign angels too. i personally just got out of community tanks with livebearers and i love all the oddballs. that is why i suggest them as i finally can own them now . if you can't find peacock eels i'm sure you could go with a pike cichlid. you would have to do some research as i'm not too familiar with them. i have heard about them and have seen photos of them, but never talked to anyone who owned one.

what is it that you can find that is different? i know in your post you found some cooler things, is there any others?

Well i can find most larger SA cichlids, i can get Mystus Leucophasis ( black lancer cat), Elephant noses, wolf fish, some smaller oddball catfish, most species of poypterus, rocket gars, Synos, Gudgeons and probly some wierd africans.


At this point im leaning towards turning the 55 into a community tank and then just stocking up on oddballs in the 100 when i move my current ones to that

 

[MHunt]

I really like community fish at them moment, and would almost (almost!) kill to own a 55g tank let alone a 100. My 17g is full now and there are just so many other fish out there i would like to put in it.

Good luck with the new tank.

 

[Nevergone815]

actually i never thought about oddballs for your 100 gal you're getting. i got caught up on the 55 that you were looking ot stock and forgot you could do that. then yea i would do a community tank then. jsut if you do don't do too many cories.

i think this actually sounds really cool. when i get either a bigger tank so my 55 is free or i get another 55 gal tank i think i might give it a try. though i don't know when that might be.

Yay! So then im not that strange for wanting a tank like that . Glad you like the idea, if you ever do give it a try, make a post about it .

i msot definately will make a post about it and make like a journal on here. along with personally PMing you the link to tthe thread so you can see it

 

[three-fingers]

i msot definately will make a post about it and make like a journal on here. along with personally PMing you the link to tthe thread so you can see it

That would be great, and help alot if i was ever able to make such a tank .

 

[Fishy412]

yes i think im just going to add a pike cichlid or something interesting and compatible in when the 100 is set up. the 55 should look very nice with some sand and a few rocks. I really like the look of fully grown angels. Im hoping to be able to get some black aeneus cories. I want to do a small group of those then a huge group of pandas or pygmys. Then i will have to find something else that could go well in there and is interesting. possibly some sort of larger gourami.



EDIT- after seeing one of synirr's threads im highly contemplating a natives tank. anyone got any opinions on that?