I'm expecting my 30g long to be empty in 3-4 months assuming my grow-out goes more or less as planned.
Obviously this isn't the biggest tank, but I want to put something cool in it. The space it occupies is just big enough for this tank to fit, or I'd probably change to a 40 breeder or something for more width.
Anyway, I'm looking for ideas of something that could live happily in such a tank.
So far my thoughts have been along the lines of a single specimen or possibly a few members of the same species, and I've been mostly thinking of catfish.
I was thinking I could hook up a really strong filter and either get some fat old sedentary catfish (open to suggestions--sadly this tank is too narrow for a gulper!) or possibly even one or two of those hyper-aggressive blue whale cats that everybody's talking about. Obviously for them I'd go nuts with the filtration so they've got a strong current. But the tank might be a bit small for that.
Also considering using this as an opportunity to get some smaller cichlids, like maybe the shell-dweller ones somebody posted about on here last week or so. Or maybe even some Weeksiis. I dunno.
Would love suggestions! This tank is very much on display directly under my TV, so I'd like something weird/funky/entertaining. Probably gonna keep it fresh, as I've never done anything salt. But open to ideas. Maybe even brackish? AAAH too much to think about.
Thanks! <3 <3 <3
Obviously this isn't the biggest tank, but I want to put something cool in it. The space it occupies is just big enough for this tank to fit, or I'd probably change to a 40 breeder or something for more width.
Anyway, I'm looking for ideas of something that could live happily in such a tank.
So far my thoughts have been along the lines of a single specimen or possibly a few members of the same species, and I've been mostly thinking of catfish.
I was thinking I could hook up a really strong filter and either get some fat old sedentary catfish (open to suggestions--sadly this tank is too narrow for a gulper!) or possibly even one or two of those hyper-aggressive blue whale cats that everybody's talking about. Obviously for them I'd go nuts with the filtration so they've got a strong current. But the tank might be a bit small for that.
Also considering using this as an opportunity to get some smaller cichlids, like maybe the shell-dweller ones somebody posted about on here last week or so. Or maybe even some Weeksiis. I dunno.
Would love suggestions! This tank is very much on display directly under my TV, so I'd like something weird/funky/entertaining. Probably gonna keep it fresh, as I've never done anything salt. But open to ideas. Maybe even brackish? AAAH too much to think about.
Thanks! <3 <3 <3
