45gal

[Qtp443]

I recently aquiered a 46gal tank. I was wondering what would be some good unique fish too add to it. I have a 90 gallon tank with angles and Rams so I would like too stay away from those 2 species.

Thanks

 

[D_Nicepumpkin]

Smaller SA or CA chichlids could be cool

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

You want a community tank or a mini predator tank?

 

[Qtp443]

You want a community tank or a mini predator tank?

Probably a mini predator

 

[fishnatics]

How about a planted tank with exodons?

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

*Ctenopoma acutirostre (required planted tank), this species will prey on small fish and hard to get them off live feeders.
**Exodon Paradoxus also required heavy planted tank and a large school (25+ Exodon). You can't add anything that small and have scales on their body to this tank but cory cats, octocinlus (algae eater if you do planted tank), yoyo loach work fine for bottom dwellers.
***Rock or driftwood only tank and get 1 or 2x blue, white crayfish (common name blue/white lobster in LFS), I would refer 1 blue and 1 white, you can semi planted with hardy plant like Anubias but beware crayfish will munching on plant if not well fed. Those crayfish will control the bottom so the mid/top dweller you can try to get a shoal black ruby barb (get a shoal with lot of male ruby and few female then you will have a awesome color display in your tank).
****Solo a Juv. Serrasalmus Elongatus, this species growth rate notoriously slow so it will last in 45g for long time.

 

[jeaninel]

An all tiger babe tank would be very entertaining.

 

[jeaninel]

Lol *tiger barb, not tiger babe. Darn autocorrect.

 

[Qtp443]

Lol *tiger barb, not tiger babe. Darn autocorrect.

So if I was gonna do an all tiger barb tank how many would be a good number for a decently planted tank?

 

[jeaninel]

I would do around 12-18. You could do a mix of the different color variations as well as mix in some black ruby barbs also.