Centrepiece fish

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Bertie07

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So I’ve changed around the stock of my 135 gallon tank and turned it into a planted tank. The stock will be:
1 Clouded archerfish
6 firemouth cichlids
7 red tailed botias
4 reticulated flying foxes

I was wondering on what a good centrepiece fish would be for my tank or is it fully stocked at the moment. I’m looking for something non cichlid that can go with plants. I thought about a small wolffish but was worried they were too aggressive for the fish I have. Any other suggestions?
 
Yeah I wouldn't throw a wolf in with those fish. Sounds like a nice stock list to me already with a lot of flashy fish- to have a centerpiece fish, usually the other fish would be dull or less interesting, dither type fish. Personally I'd just add a few more archers, they seem to like groups.
 
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I agree with the above, sometimes less is definitely more (species wise) especially in a planted tank, so if anything i would just add more archers...
 
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Agree with the other guys. Don’t add a wolf fish on that tank. You’ll eventually have a solo wolf fish tank.
 
Archerfish are generally a social species, I'd recommend more of them.
 
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Yeah that was my plan for more archers but the trouble is they’re pretty exspensive and hard to find. I might just keep the stock as it is and see what the tank looks like once everyone grows. Thanks for the help.
 
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