Newcomer Looking for stocking suggestions & advice

Saintwarrior15

Gambusia
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Oct 19, 2014
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Hello, I am new to this forum however not new to fishkeeping. I have kept fish on and off for most of my 17 year life and continue to find it fascinating and I now have the funds to undertake my biggest project hopefully with your help. Alright so I very recently bought a baby Albino Polypterus Senegalus no more then 4 inches in length and very thin; he is currently housed alone in a 20 gallon on a diet mainly of Hikari freeze dried Bloodworms while my 75 gallon finishes cycling. now I am already planning for his final home to be a tank of either 125 gallons or 150 gallons depending on the advice I get here. What I'm trying to figure out is what to stock this tank with? what I really like are oddballs and predatory fish. hopefully with the help of you guys I can find a fish that is both. Okay so a little more I know fish of this type are generally harder to care for and need a lot more attention and filtration; I know this is a long term commitment and I'm motivated to do this because it has been a passion of mine as long as I can remember. Some of the fish I have been considering include the African Pike, Red tail barracuda, and the Tiger Oscar, however I am still not fully decided and I'm very interested in the other types of fish that will hopefully be suggested. My dream fish is an arowana however i have ruled that out for now because they obviously get to large for an aquarium of my size. I brought that up in case any of you know of a similar predator that I could successfully care for. Thank you all for your time. Any other tips concerns and advice is welcomed and appreciated.
 

rosne

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Mar 17, 2014
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The albino senegal doesn't require that much attention to take care so don't stress to much about.
 

DMD123

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Give the little sen some real food to put meat on it. Tilapia filets are a great food for your new little fish along with Hikari sinking carnivore pellets.
 

Saintwarrior15

Gambusia
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Oct 19, 2014
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Hey thanks for the advice I'll see what I can do the carnivore pellets lll pick up this weekend and see if he will accept them also his mouth is pretty small should I just dice the tilapia into fine pieces for him?[/FONT]
 
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