Got a plan but before I finish set up......

[Coopdaville]

Hey y’all! While I’m not new to reading the forums or to being an aquarist this is my first post. However I have a few questions about my current plan. I was wanting to do a sort of river tank. High flow. Probably not doing many live plants.
But the stock I had in mind:
1-2 Peppermint Crocodile fish (peppermint pikehead)
2-3 Clown Loaches
1 Adult African Leaf
1 Regal Bichir
1 African Featherfin (African squeaker)

anyone think this won’t work or have any otherideas?The African leaf is a must as it is coming from my father. The rest are ideas.

thank you!

 

[Deadeye]

Welcome to the forum!
All of those fish should be compatible, but probably aren’t going to appreciate super high flow. A lot of those (especially the pike head) come from slower waters.

 

[Coopdaville]

Welcome to the forum!
All of those fish should be compatible, but probably aren’t going to appreciate super high flow. A lot of those (especially the pike head) come from slower waters.

I really appreciate it! And thank you for the info on the flow. I’ll go ahead and pull both of the power heads and store them!

 

[fishhead0103666]

What size tank?

 

[Coopdaville]

75g

 

[fishhead0103666]

What is a “regal” bichir? I’ve never heard of this term.

 

[Coopdaville]

What is a “regal” bichir? I’ve never heard of this term.

It’s also known as a dinosaur bichir. It’s part of the lungfish family. Pretty neat slow moving.

 

[fishhead0103666]

Ahh, senegal bichirs, those wont be a problem, for some reason I had a feeling it would have been an endli.

I’ve personally had the leaf, bichir, catfish, and loaches all in a 75 before and there were no problems. I’ve never had the peppermints though so no comment.

 

[Coopdaville]

Honestly the peppermints are what I’m worried about. They don’t get big by any means at a whopping 4 1/2” but from what little info I have found that pack a whollup. Their mouths are 1/3 of their bodies so they don’t do well with small fish or anything aggressive as it will appear as a challenge and they’ll attack.

 

[Coopdaville]

they do look neat though.