African Oddball tank

[FSM]

I am considering stocking ideas for the 75 gallon I am probably going to buy.

I had thought about getting a texas cichlid or other large CA cichlid, but I think various polypterids and ctenompomas would be really cool. Are any of the ctenopoma species really nasty, or are they pretty mellow? Leopard ctens are the only ones I have seen, but I haven't looked anywhere but petsmart. Are other species fairly common?

Also, which polypterus species could I get? I have seen sens, obviously, as well as delhezi. What else won't get too big?

I'll probably think of more questions later.

thanks

 

[Onion01]

stock up on dels, senegals, and palmas

 

[FSM]

Cool that was fast. About how much would I probably spend on juvies? I saw a del at a LFS for $40, it was probably 6-8 inches. I'm pretty sure it was actually a sen, though. In fact I distinctly remember some guy with his girlfriend pointing to it and saying "thats not a delheeeeezi" with serious emphasis on the heee part.

And about how many individuals in the tank?


I already asked in the poly section, but would an ornate fit?

 

[V1xIII]

Going to be doing a similar thing with my new 75 gallon tank. Moving over 2 senegal bichir, 2 ropefish, and 3 african butterflyfish. Hope to get delhezi and palmas bichirs, ctenopoma, and elephant nose as well.

Oh and I have a school of 7 congo tetras for it as well.

 

[FSM]

Do the african butterflies do anything interesting? I had forgotten about those. I also thought about a brown knife.

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

the african butterflies are cool fish, but mostly due to their appearance, they are not particularly active

 

[FSM]

Which species of ctenopoma would be best? Or are they all compatible?

 

[V1xIII]

These are the three Ctenopoma species that Anne from the Polypterus forum posted in a list of compatible fish for smaller bichir.

Ctenopoma acutirostre

Ctenopoma oxyrhynchus

Ctenopoma kingsleyae

 

[FSM]

Oh good. Those are ones I want.

 

[andyjs]

Cool that was fast. About how much would I probably spend on juvies? I saw a del at a LFS for $40, it was probably 6-8 inches. I'm pretty sure it was actually a sen, though. In fact I distinctly remember some guy with his girlfriend pointing to it and saying "thats not a delheeeeezi" with serious emphasis on the heee part.

Reminds me of this guy that came into the shop where I work talking about his puhCOOS (pacus)