Predator for 90 gallon planted?

Would you like a large predator or a small one?

African butterfly fish are very interesting but they don't get too big
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Check out some of the Serrasalmus sp.piranhas.

welsher7 said:

Check out some of the Serrasalmus sp.piranhas.

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+1 piranhas and plants work great. Might even be able to get away with tankmates if you are patient and arent afraid of losses. Other than that, most fish other than cichlids will thrive in a planted tank. Wolf fish, snakeheads, and pike cichlids are a few examples of other fish commonly found in planted tanks

Can you get sunfish in the UK?


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I feel like most cichlids would destroy the plants


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Cichlids and plants becomes a game of selecting what plants to grow and what cichlids to put in. I've been doing it though, you just generally gotta stick to cichlids that are a little more calm and stay around 6" or less. Link to my tank is in my sig, you can see my results there.

For a planted 90 though, south american brown ghost knife seems cool, or leopard ctnepoma, larger gourami like the snakeskin, bichirs of course are awesome, probably some characins that are predatory that are small enough to be in a 90 for life. Peacock eel might be something worth looking into, especially if your plants are things like anubias and java fern or have really strong roots and won't get uprooted easily.

Maybe its because I cant have em here but id look into some colorful channa as my first choice. They thrive in planted tanks, wont mess with your plants, decent size and can be gorgeous colored