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Ok -- Here is the story, about 18 months ago I got the fish bug when I picked up a cheap 72"x18"x18"setup. Like al newbies I was taken in by my LFS who told me get a few of these and a few of these etc etc. So I have ended up with a Fabulous( and wildly overstocked) community tank.
I figured out pretty quickly( after finding this great site) that whilst it looked cool, it was not fair on my poor fish & that as tey grew, so would my troubles.
The good news is ... I bought a new bigger tank last week (72x24x28 = 210US gal) and it is nearly ready for stocking.
I will tell you what I am going to put in it, can you please advise on what else can go into it in the Medium to long term?
The Centrepiece is to be a Ghost knife ( currently about 7"long) also 3 fullgrown Angels, 3 Balas ( 8", 6" & 5" 1 rainbow(3" &2x BNC's ( 1"
Suggestions and ideas will be greatly appreciated.... Thanks

if it were me I'd put a pair of ghosts in there. your tank is plenty big enough for two and they would enjoy the company. also if it were me i'd put a meduim sized school of black skirts in there say around a dozen or so. i think watching a shoal of fish swim together is pretty cool

Rainbows are schooling fish, give him some friends

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sorry -- Rainbow = Rainbow shark and he's a cranky little "so & so"

I'd get a full-size sailfin plec for a tank that size. Having a BGK and balas means you're pretty much restricted to fairly peaceful fish. I'd have a go at tracking down some Uaru, which i think are underrated gentle cichlids.
then
a pair of festive cichlids (not festae )
pair of blue gouramis
a leopard bushfish
a pair of gymogeophagus balzani
15 botia striata
5 siamese algae eaters
6 spanner barbs
12 congo tetra

and up the rainbow school to 10 or 12

is it a planted tank?

what about sumthing a bit more rare and interesting... like av pair from the geophagus family or sumthing... a pair of green horse faces would be cool

I was thinking maybe an Elephant nose rather than a second BGK.
Couldn't find any reference to "green horse faces"
Tank will be partially planted & yes I was looking for peaceful/non-aggressive fish

green horse faces are satanoperca jurupari. From what i've seen they cost about $30-$40 bucks each. And they look pretty cool

I think you are not supposed to mix different morymyid (sp?) fish together, but I would be thinking a 210g tank would be large enough to accomodate.
I could recommend Buenos Aires tetra, very active, vibrantly colored with silver flashy bodies, and red and black fins with a box pattern. They get about 3 inches in length, females noticeably larger. Would look great with the black and white of the Ghost knife. I have found them to be quite peaceful, and not at all nippy once they got out of the "teenage" stage.
Another option, a fish I have always wanted to keep, is the Chinese Hi Fin Banded Shark (Myxocyprinus asiaticus). They are such an awesome fish, change dramatically through 3 different stages as they age, and reach a stunning 18 inches or so in length. (depending of course on tank conditions)
Heres a pic:
http://www.adaniels.com.ar/enciclopedia/Dulce/TROPICAL/myxocyprinus_asiaticus.jpg
Very peaceful, I believe they mostly eat algae, and are non threatening except to the smallest fish perhaps.
You could always trade it in if it got too big. Sweet fish.


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Thanks for the ideas........... please keep em coming.
Wow Sneaky.... those photo's look like the result of a one night stand between a clown loach & an Angelfish

severums, uarus, chocolate cichlids, nicaraguan cichlids, and blue acaras are a few relatively peaceful new world cichlids that might work in your setup.

"green horse faces are satanoperca jurupari. From what i've seen they cost about $30-$40 bucks each. And they look pretty cool"



Could someone post a link on this guy i'd like to take a look at him. Never heard of him and can't find him.

Thanks


Is this guy the same as the "demon fish"?

Last edited by militarysnake at 02-Feb-2005 07:54

here ya go...[link=Satanoperca jurupari]http://www.cichlidae.com/articles/a037.php" style="COLOR: #FF8080[/link]