Fish you would love to keep but can't.

[ehh]

Top three would be jag cichlid, Florida/spotted gar and/or a group of fronts.

I don't plan ever setting up a tank big enough for these fish.

 

[kewpiefishypewpie]

I'd also love to keep an Arapaima if I had a olympic swimming pool and didn't live in upstate NY.

 

[Crazy mike]

The two I'd love to keep but can't would be Dovii and Umbee sadly none of my tanks are anywhere big enough. Sadness

 

[PYRU]

No tanks yet, its an all day event just getting basics like food brought to the island.
And its quite a learning curve figuring out normal life.
Luckily (or in some cases not) in my yard I'm constantly surrounded by plenty of wildlife.
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Auratus darts are beautiful but shy. Darts are really interesting to keep and make such nice enclosures. Terribilis always made for an interesting convo.

 

[Hendre]

I'm jealous of your tap water. I have to use crushed coral to get that ph.
For me tank space limits what I can keep. I want some of the same fish as you Frank, and other large CAs, like dovii.
But one fish I have had a hard time keeping and growing out to an adult size is a male salvini. I had 2, but lost them to bloat. I never had them get past 4",but females I have gotten to 6". I think a 8" male salvini would be an impressive fish.

My water comes out 8.2 lol/

My fish are probably African pike, large knifefish and asian arowana or inscriptus. I can't really afford to set up more tanks at the moment

 

[Kayzee]

South American Biotope with Wild Discus, Festivum, Geos,

 

[Achilles1763]

Dovii (obviously), Mbu puffer (amazing personality and colour) and GATF (the most monster of monster fish!)..

 

[monkeybike]

Snakehead, had one ages ago before the ban, would love to have another

 

[aztsm]

For me I think it's more about tank size and placement in my home. There are many species Id like to keep but my house is fully furnished and I just don't like to stuff a tank anywhere I can fit it anymore. It needs to integrate well with my home and I just don't have the space for it really. Maybe when the kids move out. Id love to have 3 huge tanks, 300g+ with a nice harem of fish in each. Stalsbergi, rivulatus, texas. All biotope, display tanks.

Large pair of festa, dovii, midas... beautiful fish but I just don't think I could dedicate a huge tank for them. Maybe someday.

 

[Abyssalisk]

Mine are asian arowana and arapaima. I live in the US so the aros are illegal and until I can build that 24'x12'x8' dream tank I'll never touch an arapaima.