My friend has a 46 bowfront and is wanting help stocking it.
He wants decent sized fish but doesn't want just one.
Any suggestions?
He wants decent sized fish but doesn't want just one.
Any suggestions?
46 Bowfront stocking??
- Thread starter cichlids4me
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cichlids4me;1726412; said:
He needs a bigger tank then.
My suggestions (each line is a different possible setup)
2 Thorichthys sp. (ie. Firemouth)
2 Aequidens pulcher
2 Convicts
1 Severum and 1 of the above.
Really there's a whole bunch of possible fish he could keep but they'd be the most mainstream. Realistically though, 46 is a small tank; perfect for Dwarf Cichlids. Personally if I was setting it up I'd have a few Curviceps/Dorsigera mixed with Corydoras and Tetra.
I agree! He does need a bigger tank. This is his first tank and for some reason he has his mind set that he wants big fish. I am selling the tank to him and offered to give him my 5 Bumblebee Mbuna but he doesnt seem to want them.
He could go with the Aulonocara species from lake Milawi. There are several "peacocks" as they are called that would only grow to about 4-5 inches and do ok in that tank. Also could do the Neolamprologos brichardi cichlids. They don't grow large and are very good in a species tank by themselves.
yea you definitely need a bigger tank. with that 46 bow front, you can put a couple of black convicts and maybe a jack dempsey or two. same happened to me. i started with a 26 bow front and upgraded to a 90 gallon and still looking to get bigger. i have a guapote tank so you know i need the room.