First "monter fish" tank, need help

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Tankado

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Hello everyone,

I'll make an aquarium with the following measures:

(70.9 to 74.8) inch x 23.6inch x (21.7 to 23.6) inch

I think it's a good size to start, but am having some difficulty choosing the right fish ... I wanna do a beautiful thing (I will use a black or white sand and many rocks and wood) and it does not get overcrowded fish ...

For filtration I am thinking about using a canister filter, Fluval FX5

I dont realy know what kind of light and how many watts i need, can u help me?

I think I just miss talking fish that I have not yet picked almost none, because I am not very knowledgeable about this type of fish and was also why I joined this forum ...

The fish that until now decided that I will ask are:

2x Astronotus ocellatus

Still did not choose anything else, because only I heard about the RTC, TSN and arowana, fish that are maybe too big for my future tank and there must be many more besides these that many people do not know ...

Oscar should need much space to swim, so it might be best to choose fish from the depths ...


Greetings, Tankado

PS: Sory about my English.
 
I can help with one thing. For lighting it will not matter how many watts or anything like that. The lights are literally for our viewing pleasure.The fish could care less....really it doesn't matter. :)
 
Oscars are cool, with that footprint I would look in to getting a couple bichirs as tankmates, possibly

2 delhezi bichir
1 ornate bichir
 
NCStateFisher;4592982; said:
Oscars are cool, with that footprint I would look in to getting a couple bichirs as tankmates, possibly

2 delhezi bichir
1 ornate bichir
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Delhezi's dont grow quickly enough however Endlicheri would work
 
You are basically building a 125g tank, perhaps a little less than that. Keeping that in mind, you have (literally) hundreds of options. You need to narrow it down a bit.

Do you like predators?
Rare fish?
Fish that breed?
Fish that live in a community?
Fish that make people ask questions?
Fish that are really colorful?
Fish with a lot of personality?
Fish that will attack you if you get to close?
Big fish?
Small fish?
"In Between" fish?

Start with the big questions, then we can pick a few fish.

Matt
 
Darth Scohin;4593583; said:
that's a 180gal not 125gal 125 is 18" wide...He wants Ideas we gave them to him ;)
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True. My mistake.
180g opens even more options for him. I realize you were giving him ideas. So far we have Bichirs. Fine idea. I would also like to give him some ideas, but rather then tell him what I like for his 180g, I am trying to find out what he might be partial towards.
Just my particular style.
Thanks,

Matt
 
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