Hi folks
after been out of the hobby for a few years, I will be getting a 3'x2x2 tank (the max I can fit) in Feb when I move house, but just need some inspiration on stocking.
I am into my predatory/oddball/aggressive kind of fish, and I have been around the block. Just to give you an idea, I have kept pygo piranhas and a spilo, rays, gars, electric eel, Erythrinus, Hoplias (maybe curupira, cant remember), SA Leaf fish, dats, wyckii cat, paradise threadfin, to name a few, but also had various marine setups as well.
When I decided I was going to start again, I started thinking of a smaller tank for a congo puffer, before deciding to go slightly bigger for a planted Erythrinus tank, then thought about a tidal tank with mudskippers. But since then, I visited my favourite shop in the UK just to try and get some more ideas (wish I didn't now), and saw they had a few 6-8" diamond rhoms that were stunning, a manuelli, some exo's, H. curupira around the 10" mark I think (which I can't stop thinking about), and then I saw dovii's and jag cichlids (I would love a dovii or jag, but they would appreciate a longer tank?), and 2 different african lungfish species. I did also start to think about a marine tank, but don't really want to go down that route.
I don't mind if I end up with 1 fish, or a group. But 1 thing that is important is that I do sometimes spend a few days away from home, so they would need to be happy with fasting for a few days, thus the idea of predators.
I must admit the black wolf isn't the most entertaining of fish, and can disappear, blending in with the bogwood (like my last 1 did), but there is something about them
after been out of the hobby for a few years, I will be getting a 3'x2x2 tank (the max I can fit) in Feb when I move house, but just need some inspiration on stocking.
I am into my predatory/oddball/aggressive kind of fish, and I have been around the block. Just to give you an idea, I have kept pygo piranhas and a spilo, rays, gars, electric eel, Erythrinus, Hoplias (maybe curupira, cant remember), SA Leaf fish, dats, wyckii cat, paradise threadfin, to name a few, but also had various marine setups as well.
When I decided I was going to start again, I started thinking of a smaller tank for a congo puffer, before deciding to go slightly bigger for a planted Erythrinus tank, then thought about a tidal tank with mudskippers. But since then, I visited my favourite shop in the UK just to try and get some more ideas (wish I didn't now), and saw they had a few 6-8" diamond rhoms that were stunning, a manuelli, some exo's, H. curupira around the 10" mark I think (which I can't stop thinking about), and then I saw dovii's and jag cichlids (I would love a dovii or jag, but they would appreciate a longer tank?), and 2 different african lungfish species. I did also start to think about a marine tank, but don't really want to go down that route.
I don't mind if I end up with 1 fish, or a group. But 1 thing that is important is that I do sometimes spend a few days away from home, so they would need to be happy with fasting for a few days, thus the idea of predators.
I must admit the black wolf isn't the most entertaining of fish, and can disappear, blending in with the bogwood (like my last 1 did), but there is something about them
