Hi; Tillapia person here

[Tillie Fish]

Hi- I'm looking for a nice large fish to replace my tillapia butterkoferi who died at 14 1/2 yrs old and was about 18" . He was a really cool fish; would change colors like an oreo or almost gray depending on his mood. I miss him

I'd like to find something similar that is pretty and has personality; but that I dont have to feed anything live. I dont mind keeping just one or two specimin type fish.

Any suggestions ? Fish you especially like ? Right now I have some africans (which I can move) in the tank and 2 really huge plecos, one is a sail fin. They are well over a foot long and pretty old too . The tank is about 80 gallons or so.........

I really love looking at all the photos of the amazing tanks !

I have a brackish 50 gallon also with scats (very very bad, naughty scats) finger monos, a few small yellow and figure 8 puffers and a columbian shark... having a hard time finding any decent brackish fish and almost bought a stone fish by accident. My fish store didnt even realize what they were !!

also have a 20 gallon tank of misc tetras..... etc

 

[Red Devil]

Hi- I'm looking for a nice large fish to replace my tillapia butterkoferi who died at 14 1/2 yrs old and was about 18" . He was a really cool fish; would change colors like an oreo or almost gray depending on his mood. I miss him

I'd like to find something similar that is pretty and has personality; but that I dont have to feed anything live. I dont mind keeping just one or two specimin type fish.

Any suggestions ? Fish you especially like ? Right now I have some africans (which I can move) in the tank and 2 really huge plecos, one is a sail fin. They are well over a foot long and pretty old too . The tank is about 80 gallons or so.........

I really love looking at all the photos of the amazing tanks !

I have a brackish 50 gallon also with scats (very very bad, naughty scats) finger monos, a few small yellow and figure 8 puffers and a columbian shark... having a hard time finding any decent brackish fish and almost bought a stone fish by accident. My fish store didnt even realize what they were !!

also have a 20 gallon tank of misc tetras..... etc

welcome to MFK...and i would like to congradulate you on fishkeeping ability to keep a fish 14 years is quite an accomplishment..sorry for your loss but that fish had a great life.. you should look through the forums and take your time learning about all the other species that are very much like the butterkoferi until you decide.. i have columbian sharks in brackish as well..love to see all your pics so please keep me posted when you put them up.. nice to meet you....

 

[SuperDave]

Hello and welcome! Post up some pics of your new fish when you get everything sorted

 

[Malawi-]

Welcome to the forum.