Cichlid, or Salt?

[rhinod56]

Question/Poll of the day. You have a spare 75 gallon glass tank n stand with plenty of filtration laying around doing nothing. what do you do with it...
A: Turn it in a wonderful cichlid display
B: Turn it into a stunning Saltwater community tank (knowning you have to spend more money to get the right equipment)
C: Sell it n don't bother



Well I know "C" isn't in my vocabulary.... tough decision though.. what would some of you do?

 

[DENCIO]

a: turn it in a wonderful cichlid display lake tanganyika setup

 

[Fry]

A: Turn it in a wonderful cichlid display, planted angel community, clown loaches, cory cats, livebearers

A: Turn it in a wonderful peaceful/semi-peaceful cichlid display, firemouths, severums, chocolate cichlids, festive cichlids, rainbow cichlids, pictus cats, plecos

 

[HarleyK]

Question/Poll of the day

MFK offers the option to create a poll with your thread. You should try that out

BTW: I'd go freshwater, but not necessarily cichlid...
HarleyK

 

[Vince]

is it a standard size 75 gallon? or tall?

is it gonna be up for display or "keep fish only" tanks?

if you don't want to spend alot on maintenance like heating, which drives up the cost of electricity, i would keep native fish and plants. no heating needed

 

[JD_MAN]

My vote would be for cichlids.

 

[Scottfree]

A...Much easier to deal with, fish much less expensive, less expensive overall maintenance...

 

[rhinod56]

its a standard long 75 gallon. Usually if I take the time to do a tank, its a display tank, cept for my 10gallon hospital

 

[id10t]

NA Natives.

 

[Peanut_Power]

You have so many options open for you man. I would do dwarfs though. Get the tank heavily planted with easy, low maintence plants. get it stocked with several species of tetras, cories, and a couple of Loricardae.... Once you get the tank set up and 'stocked'...time to get the center pieces. Personally, I would do a pair of dwarf Crenicichla (pike cichlids) cuz they are totally awesome. you would want deeper bodied tetras like broken line, black skirt, serpae, and the like. Cardinals/neons are a hit and miss if they will work or not. Some Krobia sp. 'orange spot' would look awesome. Just mix it up...there are soo many kewl things you could do.