Perfect 240 gal stocking

[Eclipse390]

We recently purchased a 240 gal. glass tank & we are now researching different stock ideas for the future. I've only had FW tanks, but would be open to SW.

My question is this - if this was YOUR tank, what would you put in it?

I find myself looking at the same species over & over - so I'd love to hear other peoples' ideas of what they would stock. Open to anything so that I can get my brain going.

 

[fishhead0103666]

Dimensions?

 

[Eclipse390]

Dimensions?

8 ft x 2 ft x 2 ft

 

[FishBeast]

Suggestions:
1. Bichirs + datnoids!
2. Some medium sized pim-type catfish + exotic silver dollars and 1 big centerpiece cichlid
3. Piranha?
4. 300 neon tetras
5. Big school of rainbows
3. 6 odoe pikes

 

[Backfromthedead]

What kind of species are you looking at? You could go a lot of different directions with that tank. Personally I would go with festae or some other large, active cichlid.

 

[Eclipse390]

What kind of species are you looking at? You could go a lot of different directions with that tank. Personally I would go with festae or some other large, active cichlid.

I've looked at fully planting it all the way to a single breeding pair of large cichlids.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

A school of pink tail chalceus, perhaps 8
For the bottom a group of geophagus winemilleri.
Thought about this stock for my own tank but never quite got round to it.
Or swap out the geos for a large school of pictus cats, about 30 would be nice.

 

[FishBeast]

A school of pink tail chalceus, perhaps 8
For the bottom a group of geophagus winemilleri.
Thought about this stock for my own tank but never quite got round to it.
Or swap out the geos for a large school of pictus cats, about 30 would be nice.

+1 for chalceus school!

 

[bobblehead27]

Thatd be a sweet home for a Betta and a couple snails. Lol.

Na if it was me I would do a community of medium sized semi aggressive cichlids....

Or a Tanganyikan tank. Frontosa altolamprologus, julidiochromis, some shell dwelling species and cyprichromis for the open water. I would probably try and do it in such a way that the smaller fish had enough time and hiding places that when the fronts are added and get large enough, there are enough smaller fish that their numbers won't be affected too much by the fronts. Idk if that's possible though. Might have to swap out a species here or there. But that's where a bit of research would come in

 

[fishhead0103666]

Write a list of fish, put it on a wheel, spin the wheel, throw a dart. Whatever fish it lands on base the stocking around it.