What Stocking Could I Have In A 6 Or 7 Ft By 2by2ft

[bae1994]

ime hopefully getting either a 6ftby2ftby2ft
or a 7ftby2ftby2ft

ill probably be running a external
id like

1 oscar
1 common plec
6 silver dollers
now what other large fish that dont cost a bomb could i keep

 

[bae1994]

would this be possible

1 oscar
1 common pleco
1 fire eal
1 birchir
6 silver dollors

 

[Brunell4070]

yes that would definitely be possible.. with plenty of space to spare, at least in my opinion.

 

[dawnjanell]

Fire Eels are so much fun. I had one and he would stick his head up out of the water and bob it up and down making a clicking noise. Mine was a super picky eater tho.

 

[bae1994]

ok it looks like im looking to get a 6x2x2 so

1 could i stilll have
1 oscar
1 common pleco
1 fire eal
1 birchir
6 silver dollors

if so is there any more room i like big fish like

oscars and stuff

 

[Wills]

Hi I'm looking at a similar tank at the moment, is this one a standard bought one or a custom made one? If it is a custom made one I have decided to go 72x30x24 the extra 6 inch adds in 50 gallons which is quite a lot of water really.

Cant advise on your stocking as I know that oscars need a lot of room each and that could limit your total number of large fish in there I think most people say 75g for 1.

 

[Davo86]

How about:

1 Oscar
3 Geophagus Surinamensis
6 Silver Dollars
1 Delhezi Bichir
1 Common Pleco
1 Fire Eel

or

1 Oscar
1 Severum
1 Anostomus
6 silver Dollars
3 hoplos
1 Delhezi Bichir
1 Royal pleco

Although personally i think the tank needs to be wider than 24" for a Fire eel

 

[pirate monkey]

What about if you upped the number of SD's? You certainly have the room - imagine 10 SD's all lined up in a row! funny things...

I like both of Davo's suggestions, not sure which I'd go for. I love my sev, he's so entertaining, would a sev be outshined by an oscar though? If you had geos, the oscar would be more of a centre piece.

 

[bae1994]

i havnt got a tank yet but im looking to get a 6-7ft by 2ftby2ft

if its gunna make the fire eal un comfy then ill leave him out

could i have

1 oscar
1 common pleco
6 silver dollers
1 ornate birchir
and a couple more suggestions as i wantjust 6 sd
1 o and deffinatly a common

 

[Cichlid_Crazy]

How about trying either a Texas,Green Terror,Jack Dempsey or a Severum with the Oscar? or maybe some Convicts or Firemouths along with the other stuff you listed?

Or even trying a Jag instead of a Oscar?

 

[bae1994]

deffinatly want the oscar and dont want a sev as i dont fancy having one even tho there buetiful

could i have

1 oscar
1 common plec
6 silver dollars
1 ornate birchir
1 black knife fish

 

[Davo86]

deffinatly want the oscar and dont want a sev as i dont fancy having one even tho there buetiful

could i have

1 oscar
1 common plec
6 silver dollars
1 ornate birchir
1 black knife fish

If you can find a good sized BGK then yes the stocking should be fine.

Also what about a lima shovelnose?

 

[bae1994]

not keen on the shoval nose

but could i have a 3-5inch aligator gar

if so could i do this eg start with these sizes

and would they be ok together

6 x 2inch silver dollars
1 x 6-8 inch common plec
1 x 4-5 inch oscar
1 x 3-5 inch ornate birchir


so like

6 x 2inch silver dollars
1 x 6-8 inch common plec
1 x 4-5 inch oscar
1 x 3-5 inch ornate birchir
1 x 3-5 inch aligator gar

or would they try to eat each other

 

[River Dog]

All of your stocking plans are viable, so its up to you really. If you like big fish, how about a nice synspilus ? full grown it is a beautiful highly coloured fish and is usually peaceful to other fish (hates its own kind). I have a pair in with an Oscar, a carpinte, two female con's and various dither fish including spotted silver dollars, in a 6x2x2.

 

[bae1994]

there very very nice

but i think if i can im gunna go with the fish list i had as its a similar stock to what my parents had in a big ttank when i was young