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

[Davo86]

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

You really don't want an alligator gar, these get to about 8-9 foot in the wild and easily a good 3-4 in captivity
Even a Florida or spotted gar would get to 2-3 feet in captivity.

If it was me I would go for 3-4 Hujeta Gars (Ctenolucius hujeta) or 3-4 Needlenose Gar (Xenentodon cancila)

I would also try to get bigger SDs if possible, just in case something does try to snack on them

 

[River Dog]

I'm sure your tank will be cracking with the stock you want. Make sure you put some pic's up when you get it.

 

[bae1994]

ok ime basically choosing fish that my lfs has in aswell so the aligator gars out

i basically want some fish that are commonly sold that get big

so

oscar
pleco
silver dollars (will try to get some bigger ones)
ornate birchir
could i have a silver arowna

 

[Davo86]

could i have a silver arowna

No, your looking at a 8x3x2 minimum for a Silver as they will get to a good 30-35"
an asian aro is an option but you would have to lose probably the Oscar and the SDs to make room.

What do you think of Parachanna Obscura?

 

[bae1994]

ok ill leave the arro

i like the snakehead
but dont really want one i know im super fussy and thanks for spending time here

could i have a reed fish in there with the others

 

[Davo86]

could i have a reed fish in there with the others

In most cases yes, but it depends on the Oscar.
I'm pretty sure Simonas keeps 3-4 reedfish with his two Oscars no problems

 

[bae1994]

cool ill see how my o is when i get him

also what order should i add them

 

[Ren&Stumpy]

Get the silver dollars before the Oscar, the O will grow slightly quicker than the SD's

 

[Cichlid_Crazy]

I'm so jealous of the massive tank you are getting!

 

[bae1994]

hopefully getting theres a 12 ft by 2ft by 2ft for 50 quid on ebay finishing in 10 mins

 

[Cichlid_Crazy]

Flippin hell lol! now if only i had a bigger house....

 

[bae1994]

ok theres a reasonable possibility that iim getting a 8ft by 18inch by 18 inch tank i hope he replys

 

[Cichlid_Crazy]

Wouldnt a 6ftx2ftx2ft have more capacity than that tho?

 

[bae1994]

yeah like 40 us galls but id prefer the 8 ft as it has more swimming length but still a pretty good hieght and depth

 

[Cichlid_Crazy]

Yeh true....might be room for a Aro in that to...with the extra swimming length.

I prefer taller tanks personally but if a tansk that long...will probably look good.

A bloke i know has got a 8 1/2 foot x 1ft x 1ft custom made tank (so it goes wall to wall in his house) it really does look wierd lol.