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| My parents have been talking about starting up a big tank in my house, and I figured it might help move things along if I had a list of possible residents for them to look over. I have a few species books, i.e. axelrod aquarium fish, and several other popular beginner fish books, so might actually have pictures to show them of the fish in question. I'd be responsible for the tank, and they'd get to enjoy it. Please, don't include tiny fish that would be considered food, like the angelfish/neon tetra conundrum. Cichlids might be considered, but not a tank of exclusively cichlids. Thank you, so much! (I need another tank, and this is the only way I'm gonna get it) Sorry if I seem a little anxious, I need more water to take care of!
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Well, what would you/they be looking for? Color, activity, fish with a lot of personality, large fish, etc are all things that can be considered. We can't really make recommendations without narrowing it down because there isn't much that can't be kept in that tank (basically just the serious tankbusters like pacus, iridescent sharks, tiger shovelnose catfish, and other four foot fish). Also, is there a particular look to the aquascaping you might be looking for? You could go with the decorations first and pick fish around those. If you wanted lots of rocks and few plants african cichlids would be a good choice, or if you wanted plants, smaller community fish would be better, etc. And finally, what are the water parameters (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, pH, kH, and gH) of your tap water after letting it sit in a container for 24 hours or so? You want to match fish to the water in a tank this large, not the other way around, so if it is hard and alkaline you wouldn't want discus or something, and if there is ammonia or high nitrate you would need hardy fish. These are all things to think about when you select your/their fish.
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Its hard to think about this in part because of taste and style issues and in part due to my personal issue with jealousy...
You very much have room for a lot of medium size fish in the 8 inch range and there are a lot to choose from. Freshwater Auzzie like the rainbows might be an idea if the cichlids dont appeal to you.
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| With a tank that size I would be tempted to do either a natural predator tank (150+ neons, 4-8 angelfish, and a 1-2 flag cichlids) or a semi-aquatic vivarium (chinese and japanese firebelly newts, congo tetras, a couple farwolla (sp?) cats, a couple butterfly fish, a small shoal of marbled hatchetfish, a few skunk loaches, a couple red-claw crabs, and a ton of plants (madagascar species tend to do well in semi-aquatic environments)). MOA
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| As Hailey said, what is your water like? Also -- what fish do you like? It's really hard for us to give suggestrions, since everyone probably has their own favorites.
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| I'll have to get back to you on the water parameters. I checked all that a while back, but tend to be kind of lax on particulars, since most fish will adapt pretty well to anything. The paludarium is a good idea, but the parents want all water. Probably a planted tank or Cichlids with rocks in front of hardier large plants. The substrate would probably be artificial colored rocks(not my choice). I wish I had those parameters. I have the mad scientist type test kit, so tend to avoid checking chemistry, and make up for it with very large water changes every week. Probably eight inch fish, since that's what we had in our 90 gallon when I was a kid. Hong kong cats, a pleco, and other larger fish that I can't remember, and were probably too large in eventual growth, even for a 90 gallon(this is where an aquatic journal would've come in handy). I'll test my water tomorrow, after it sits. Thanks!
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| I prefer small, community fish, in large numbers. Neon tetras, congo tetras, danios, barbs, cories, and the like, but this is for my parents, and they like a little bit larger fish(they convinced me to get a gourami, because I had all small fish, and I've regretted it ever since), but a few smaller fish that won't get eaten are okay. Some hardy, easily adaptable, readily available fish would be great.
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They could have a great community of semi-aggressive, medium sized, new world cichlids like convicts, firemouths, rainbow cichlids, etc. That would make a nice display with color, activity, and a good number of five to eight inch fish so there would always be something to look at. And large bottom fish like clown loaches, rainbow sharks, bala sharks, pictus cats, and plecos would all be possibilities with them. Even a fast moving group of tiger barbs or giant danios might work with them, so you could satisfy your desire for smaller schooling fish.
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