Help me pick some fish for my 75 gal
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Welcome aboard Nate☺
I can't really think of anything myself atm but non aggressive tankmates . I personally would choose stock for a peaceful community.
I'm actually gonna scratch the idea of the violet goby because they need brackish waters and I'm not ready to deal with mixing salt into the water
There are supposed to be two different species from what I've read one living in full freshwater but without knowing where the Dragon Goby was collected I personally would scratch the idea of having them too. That also proves you care about the well being of the Goby.
I assume you will be after an oddball type tank then? As you know Violet gobies are brackish but there are plenty of other oddball type fish suitable for that tank here are some options (ALL COMPATIBLE WITH EACHOTHER UNLESS I SAY OTHERWISE)
-Reedfish (30-40cm) very cool, prefers to be in groups of 3 or more, will eat small tank mates like neon tetras etc.
-African Butterfly Fish (10-12cm) spends alot of the time at the surface, large fins give the butterfly name, good with fish which are too big to be eaten, in the same family as arowana
-Amazon/African Leaffish (11-13cm) stealthy hunter, can be hard to get off live foods, but once on frozen foods is very hardy, very unusual (looks like a leaf)
-Leopard Bushfish (13-17cm) an easier alternative to the leaf fish alot easier to feed and has unusual leopard markings, alot more readily available aswell
-Dwarf Giraffe Catfish (20-30cm) smaller than the true giraffe catfish (which gets 60cm +) and not as destructive, occasionally territorial but filled with character
-Featherfin Catfish (15-25cm) a big catfish good at cleaning left over food, unfortunately as it gets older will become more territorial, best mixed with fish bigger than itself or faster
-Upside Down Catfish (10-12cm) the smaller, more peaceful alternative to the featherfin catfish, non aggressive and social, the more upside downs the better
-Congo tetras (8-10cm) a beautiful large, chunky tetra, males get long trailing fins and shine metallic silver,pinks,golds and greens under the lights
-Peacock eel (20-25cm) smaller species of spiny eel doesn't get as big as the others, make sure there are no gaps as they are good escape artists
-Freshwater Pufferfish (humpback pufferfish, hairy pufferfish) KEEP ALONE, a predator but filled with character and easy to keep unfortunately will make a meal out of any tank mates
-Slender hemiodus tetra (13-16cm) keep in shoals of 5 or more, good looking fish and peaceful, hard to find but we'll worth it if you do
-Blockhead Cichlid (12-15cm) a goby type of cichlid, stays on the bottom scootering round the aquarium, males get large humps on their forehead known as nuchal humps, jet black though mature fish may have grey/tints of purple in the right light
-Striped pike characin (18-22cm) actually predatory tetra, stays near the surface and looks like a pike, very interesting fish and not aggressive only predatory to guppy sized fish
-African knife fish (15-20cm) an unusual nocturnal fish related to the electric eel very easy to come buy and doesn't grow to big
I decided not to do the dragon goby because I don't know how to tank care of brackish water fish
A wise choice have you considered the other fish I mentioned they are freshwater
Rope fish rarely grow huge.
What I have right now in my 70 gal that's quite enjoyable is 2 senegal bichirs, 2 African knifefish and a featherfin synodontis. Given that the tank is well decorated and planted to give the fish ample space to retreat to and hang about in
I'd also get an African bush fish if you can
What I have right now in my 70 gal that's quite enjoyable is 2 senegal bichirs, 2 African knifefish and a featherfin synodontis. Given that the tank is well decorated and planted to give the fish ample space to retreat to and hang about in
I'd also get an African bush fish if you can