Looking For a "Conversation Starter" Type Fish for My 125 Gallon - Suggestions?

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I've had red bellied piranhas and Caribe piranhas in my tank for a couple years but those were so boring I sold them. All they did was hide. Yes they were a conversational starter type fish but super boring.

I was thinking of putting a stingray in the tank but based on everything I'm reading, my tank is too small.

So now I have a 125 gallon tank with a few stupid feeder fish swimming around...lol. I need to find something different to put in this tank. This is a freshwater tank (obviously).

It seems every fish I want is too big for this tank - stingray, Pacu, peacock bass, red tail catfish, etc. etc. There has to be a unique "big" fish that I'm not thinking of that will fit in this tank. Any suggestions?

Travis
 
Malabaricus wolf fish or a pack of erythrinus wolves. They are hiders too but once the fish gets comfortable with you and the tank it becomes more of a wet pet


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make a nice schooler tank, my 75 with all kinds of shoals of fish prob the most interesting tank to folks that visit. they wow over the JD tank,jag tank and the Oscar tank, but the large variety in the 75 have them asking all kinds of questions, takes awhile to see them all.
 
Smaller stingray species... I do not keep rays but If I recall they are called hystrix rays??? I think it would work in that size tank but am honestly not 100% on that. A stingray will be a conversation starter for sure! If not that, rope fish are really neat!


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CHANNELxCAT said:
Smaller stingray species... I do not keep rays but If I recall they are called hystrix rays??? I think it would work in that size tank but am honestly not 100% on that. A stingray will be a conversation starter for sure! If not that, rope fish are really neat!


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Pair of cichlids are always impressive, grow out some fry and keep a pair. I'm partial to flowerhorns, but any cichla. Buddy had a huge chocolate cichlid, that guy was super interesting.


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Big cichlids are always cool, oscars, green terrors, frontosa (My favs), etc. Possibly a tea cup ray or two.... A large group of exodon may work, and would likely be active and fun to watch eat. Catfish are cool,plus there are so many to choose from. Upside down cat species, glass catfish, etc. Pufferfish are cute and personable. A FW Cuda are always cool and generally active and fierce. Or simply a giant school of small fish, like tetras. Angelfish and discus are nice large schoolers. And hatchetfish are active plus have an interesting anatomy.
 
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