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MastaJay121 Small Fry Posts: 7 Kudos: 7 Votes: 0 Registered: 27-Dec-2003	I have recently undertaking the setup of a 150gal tank and am looking for ideas for fish and/or plants to fill it with, so far my fav would be cichlids but what would yall do?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
Janna Mega Fish Posts: 1386 Registered: 24-Aug-2003	I would do an Asian biotype with loaches, rasboras, barbs, and gouramis. It could be well planted with java fern, java moss, anubias, crypts, aponogetons, and various other asian plants. They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes, They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver, So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
chapman76 Hobbyist Posts: 91 Kudos: 68 Votes: 0 Registered: 28-Apr-2004	For a tank that large I would: 1. Get some large South America or Central American cichlids as they get large and just have a serious attitude. or 2. Get some Cytocara Moorii "Blue Dolphin" create a colony and maybe a pair on some Frontosas in it too. Never had them as I haven't had a tank large enough, but people just LOVE C. Moorii and they're gorgeous fish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
fish1 Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004	Get a bichir or 2. and some severums and firemouths and some other of the bigger cichlids
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Klee Banned Posts: 420 Kudos: 307 Votes: 0 Registered: 25-May-2004	I'd go with some big bruiser cichlids. CAs come to mind.
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fish1 Banned Posts: 1727 Kudos: 1910 Votes: 58 Registered: 09-May-2004	I just thought how about you go ahead and do africans and get a group of frontasa. that would be really cool IMO.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
Janna Mega Fish Posts: 1386 Registered: 24-Aug-2003	Well, considering he mentioned plants in his post, I doubt those setups would work. Big bruiser cichlids don't mix with plants. They shade the glow of it with their mossy-misty costumes, They wear masks of silk, porcelain, brass, and silver, So as not to mislead with their own, ordinary faces.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
T/A Mega Fish Posts: 942 Kudos: 1796 Registered: 20-Feb-2004	For a 150 gallon tank, I would have 8 Pictus Catfish(Pimelodus pictus), 10 Boesemani Rainbowfish(Melanotaenia boesemani), 6 Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish(Melanotaenia praecox), and 6 Red Rainbowfish(Glossolepis incisus). All the color you could imagine with interesting looking fish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
poisonwaffle Mega Fish Posts: 1397 Kudos: 591 Registered: 11-Feb-2003	I'd get a bunch of female American Cichlids. 1-2 Jack Dempseys, 1-2 Green Terrors, 1 Jaguar, 1-2 Convicts, possibly an Oscar. I'd definately get all females because they are less territorial and aren't quite as big, so I'd be able to fit more in the tank Floating plants might not be ripped to shreads by cichlids. Hornwort and duckweed are 2 floating plants that come to mind. They might rip up hornwort, or try to play tug-of-war with it. I doubt they'd be able to do anything to duckweed...it reproduces so fast they wouldn't be able to kill it all
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:53
littlemousling Conchiform Posts: 5230 Registered: 23-Aug-2003	Goldfish! The personality of a cichlid, the beauty of, well, a goldfish, and the fancies are quite safe with a grand list of plants as long as the plants are very healthy (just like most fish, they're happy to strip bare any plants that are failing). Who needs those steenkin' cichlids? -Molly Visit shelldwellers.com!
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