new aquarium need stocking ideas

[tthanatoss]

My plywood build is nearing completion and I'm starting to think of how I would like to stock it. Something that has perplexed me since the beginning is how I'm going to heat it. Well I've more or less decided that I don't want to.

The tank is 7'x2'x2.5' and I'd like to know what species of fish are available to me that will be comfortable at room temperature.

 

[cusccrstud21]

Try doing a native tank with any species of fish that are out of the great lakes maybe? I think that would be pretty cool...

 

[haynchinook334]

What is room temp?

 

[tthanatoss]

I was considering doing a native tank. There's something like 140 species of fish here in Northern Ontario. I know where I can get Bullhead very easily and we had a tank full of them when I was a kid they were active and easy to maintain.

I would like some color in the tank tho and most of our fish here are dark blacks, browns and greens.

We keep the house at 70 year around.

 

[haynchinook334]

Bullheads, Crappies, sunfish, etc.

 

[anthony martinez]

do largemouth they eat crazy and there fun to watch.

 

[tthanatoss]

yea bunch of rockbass (largemouth) could be a lot of fun and they'll eat just about anything.

 

[Yanbbrox]

Giant gourami, got a soft spot for them

 

[nickelnutz]

Not sure if you can get darters but they can make for a colourful tank full of natives.

 

[MPLSdunk]

largemouth bass, sunnies, channel cats. i don't know if you have channel cats in canada though.