Got a new tank, what to put in it??

[rust9000]

Ok so i got a 42g (160ltrs) and i would like to know wot to put in it,
it is 32"long 17" bowing out to 18" and 18" high, it has white sand in if ht helps??
thanks, also pics would be great.

 

[guppy]

What kind of fish do you like? one predator? A communitty tank, A group of small cichlids? Maybe rainbow snakeheads?

 

[rust9000]

Cichlids mainly, and a few oddballs, no marrines or brakish though.

 

[dougefresh]

a black ghost knife fish ........that would look really cool in that tank......heres a link with some info

http://www.liveaquaria.com./product/prod_Display.cfm?pCatId=857

 

[Fry]

how bout some angels? or if you want something tougher, firemouths are nice

 

[DiXoN]

you could get a little dwarf channa comm tank get some wood and plants in there.

 

[guppy]

Cichlids mainly, and a few oddballs, no marrines or brakish though.

Here is an idea for stocking a tank that size, all south american, the main fish (though not the largest) being cichlids. A group of cockatoo cichlids (3 male and 5 female), 5 sychr's corys, 3 Triportheus angulatus (narrow hatchets) they are peaceful and up to around 7", and 3 Hemiogontis gracilis (halflined hemiodontis (around 6"). Plant the tank to break the lower 1/2 into 3 sections. It would be an active and unusual tank.