Hey all,
So I am in the market for a new fish for my poly/asian tank. I'd like either a good clean up crew of fish like a species of barbs or a good algae/clean up such as a flagtail. I was going to go with a small shoal of odessa barbs but I'm worried about their size difference with the other inhabitants of the tank.
A run down of stock:
Polys (one massive delhezi, 13 inches when i measured last, yes i know big for the captive bred species, one koliba and one ornate, both of which are around 8 inches atm)
Syno cat (featherfin, roughly 8 inches with trailers on the tail)
2bushfish (give or take 5 inches?)
1 odoe pike (6ish inches, growing rapidly)
1 african brown knife (around 5 inches, also growing rapidly)
7 clown loaches, size irrelevant
My goal is a good pellet/tilapia clean up crew, as thats all this tank gets, shrimp on occasion as well, and I'd like to get the wasted food/algae if its possible under control a bit more. I'd like another shoaling fish but if anyone has any other suggestions for a fish from either of the 2 areas the rest of the stock hails from (africa/asia) I'm open.
tank size is 150 right now, they are moving into my 310 once my natives get too large and need a pool. (channel cat is getting massive for the tank, hes going to need way more water soon haha).
Like I said I'm open to every suggestion, but I'd prefer an african or asian fish. This is just a feeler thread to see some options I haven't thought of yet, Thanks MFK!!
So I am in the market for a new fish for my poly/asian tank. I'd like either a good clean up crew of fish like a species of barbs or a good algae/clean up such as a flagtail. I was going to go with a small shoal of odessa barbs but I'm worried about their size difference with the other inhabitants of the tank.
A run down of stock:
Polys (one massive delhezi, 13 inches when i measured last, yes i know big for the captive bred species, one koliba and one ornate, both of which are around 8 inches atm)
Syno cat (featherfin, roughly 8 inches with trailers on the tail)
2bushfish (give or take 5 inches?)
1 odoe pike (6ish inches, growing rapidly)
1 african brown knife (around 5 inches, also growing rapidly)
7 clown loaches, size irrelevant
My goal is a good pellet/tilapia clean up crew, as thats all this tank gets, shrimp on occasion as well, and I'd like to get the wasted food/algae if its possible under control a bit more. I'd like another shoaling fish but if anyone has any other suggestions for a fish from either of the 2 areas the rest of the stock hails from (africa/asia) I'm open.
tank size is 150 right now, they are moving into my 310 once my natives get too large and need a pool. (channel cat is getting massive for the tank, hes going to need way more water soon haha).
Like I said I'm open to every suggestion, but I'd prefer an african or asian fish. This is just a feeler thread to see some options I haven't thought of yet, Thanks MFK!!
