Fun Pet Smart fish?

[Randys]

I find myself with an cycled 30 gallon tank with no occupants in my man cave and am wondering if I should just drain it or find some thing fun from the local Pet Smart. I'm leaning towards buying something because it would probably be best to keep it cycled. I started keeping Africans 30 years ago and have evolved into Centrals in a 300 gallon and a flowerhorn in a 90. I've got pretty hard water so that narrows it down a bit.

I'll be going into Pet Smart next time with a whole new eye. I happened to notice some cool looking crabs the last time I was in there but didn't think much of it at the time. Just looking for something I've not had before and a little different.

Any ideas?

 

[Fishnerd360]

A pair of convicts from Petsmart could be fun, you could use the babies as food for other fish too.

 

[Hendre]

Crabs would be interesting, keeping inverts is a different experience at times. Dan Hiteshew on YouTube had some cool crab setups if I recall correctly.

 

[Randys]

Funny you mention the convicts; I kept a pair of them in the same tank awhile back. As a matter of fact, I’ve got four handsome male brothers in the 300 from the last brood.

Ya, the crabs woild be different. l’ll check out his videos for sure.

 

[Backfromthedead]

Pick out your favorite betta-in-a-cup and give it a good home.

 

[NoodleCats]

Hard water, but want something different.

I would have said farlowella twig catfish, but you need softer water. Depends where you are sitting at... they can handle up to moderate hard (about 166ppm)