I have an extra 40 gallon that i was thinking about getting some puffers in, but im thinking about a single or a pair of cichlids that could work. Its a Hex, i dont know the measurements but i could get them. Brightly colored with great personality is what i am getting at which is why i was thinking puffers. Any ideas?
Cichlid in a 40?
- Thread starter Phirrap
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Hex tanks are gonna be tough. At first I thought maybe a pair of salvini or firemouth but they both still hit about 6-7" for a big male. Could do some rainbow cichlids, or some dwarf cichlids of some type. That's a tough one. Couple angel fish could look cool. I don't know man....
Those freshwater dwarf puffers actually are not a bad idea, so long as you understand it will have to be a species only tank. They will about nip anything else to death, reallly.
Otherwise, I agree with batboi3000... your looking at some smaller, but still very cool cichlids, like rainbow cichlids, apistos, rams, or maybe some of the African shellies like multies or occies, etc.
-Rich
Otherwise, I agree with batboi3000... your looking at some smaller, but still very cool cichlids, like rainbow cichlids, apistos, rams, or maybe some of the African shellies like multies or occies, etc.
-Rich
If you want a fish that will appear to be larger than they really are I would go with Angels because they have a low bioload, They don't swim very fast so you don't need a lot of tank length, and you can possibly keep 4 angels in that tank.
