So after running quite a few tanks in my fish room over the last 15 years, I’m going down to a single tank or maybe 2. One is a 7’ 210g. I’ve kept quite a variety of fish in that time, mostly African species, but a good handful of the more hearty SA/CA types as well as several L number plecos. I’ve been wracking my brain over stocking the 210, as I would like it to be a nice display tank. I thought about Africans again but don’t want the dull silver females that come along with buying juvenile groups. So I’m thinking of some SA species. I’ve kept Geo Tapajos in the past and I think I’d like to build around a nice group of 6-8 them. But I’m struggling to consider tankmates. The tank has a homemade rock background, pool filter sand, and will have plenty of driftwood(not shown in pic) and rock structure with some open areas. FX5 and 6 will filter it there so plenty in that regard. FWIW, in other tanks, I also have a small group of Cory Weitzmani, 2 WC L141, 3 L075, and 5 smaller L404. I’d thought about moving all of them into the 210 as well but I’m not sure how the competition for food will go in that scenario. What other colorful/active tankmates would you suggest? I have well water, but not terribly hard at 7.7-7.8 pH, GH of about 9.5 and KH of about 4.5. When I checked it in the past, tap comes out at about 210 TDS.
