future monster tank stock

[tears2]

Trying to come up with a stock that would work for a 6'x3'x2' tank we're looking at getting this year. We'd really like to put some big unique fish in with some colorful cichlids.

Some big fish that we liked were red tail catfish, mbu puffers, arowanas, bichirs, gars, datnoids, rays, and giant gourami. We figured the catfish is too big and mbu puffer is too dangerous though.

For the cichlids we like dovii, green terrors, red devils, flowerhorns, oscars, blood parrots, severums, geophagus, firemouth, and frontosa. We thought to make it work, we'd have to stick with more mild tempered cichlids though?

A sample setup we came up with on aqadvisor.com was this:
2x Blood Parrot
2x Red Severum
2x Brazilian Eartheater
1x Black Arowana
1x Senegal Bichir
1x Spotted Gar
1x Common Pleco

Could this work? If not, what could we change to make it work? Thanks

 

[GrindeL89]

black arowana is to big

 

[GrindeL89]

i wouldnt but a fish in there that grows over 20" in that tank

 

[GrindeL89]

spotted gar would go nicely

 

[GrindeL89]

thinking of getting a florida gar

 

[marauders30]

ya definately stay away from the redtail cat. have u seen red tiger motaguenses? those are really colorful and cool. I want one so bad but id have to set up another tank and im not prepared to do that. thinkin bout it though haha

 

[bomber]

Your foot print in that tank is nice. I am not an expert, but that black aro should be happy with that foot print. That list looks good. I would just worry about that RTC eating your other fish.

 

[mdb_talon]

Personally I think the stock list looks good other than spotted gar. Never had one but I was under the impression that in aquariums they can get 3' or over which would not go well in that tank. I might be wrong though on that size so /shrug.

Good choice to stay away from the RTC and Frontosas that were on the list of things you liked though. RTC will get too big you are right. Frontosa just would not make any sense with the rest of your stock list and has very different ideal water parameters.