are there any monster fish i can keep in a 30g planted tank? ive seen those little small schooling fish but im looking for something better. any suggestions?
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It depends on what you consider "monster." To make my "monster" list, the species has to meet at LEAST one of the following criteria: big, mean, or odd. This puts you at an immediate disadvantage. "Big" doesn't work with a 30g. "Mean" usually denotes eating and/or killing your algae clean-up crew, which isn't completely necessary to have, but it definitely helps. This leaves "odd" and IMO, your best bet of finding a "monster." There are tons of fish that are odd enough to be considered monsters. I've always thought that african butterfly fish were pretty neat, and I think they'd do okay in a 30g.
If you mean dwarf cichlids, you should be fine. I have rams in my 29g and I've kept apistos before and they never really dug anything.
I've never kept any type of pike but I think you could house dwarf pikes in a 30g pretty easily. I'd be careful with the species you choose though because they can still be aggressive with smaller fish and anything they could eat. A lot of pikes like to hide most of the time as well so you should consider that also.
