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I promise this will be my last post on this, however, I still havn't decided on stocking. I have a few fish I would like to see in this tank, however it still seems there is a gap that needs to be filled.

The tank is a juwel rio 180 (40x16x20 - 207 litres will internal filter removed). The ideas I have so far are of a FW tank with:
1x butis butis
1x senegal polypterus (maybe a del~ but havn't made up my mind if its suitable)
1x [SIZE=-1]Mogurnda [/SIZE][SIZE=-1]Mogurnda

Other possibilities are a ctenopoma acutirostre, a belonesox belizanus (1 male) and an african butterfly fish - these are just maybes at the minute.

Any opinions on this tank are welcome, as are other fish options.

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Yeah, I'm edging towards that sort of stocking, I just hope I can find a butis butis, they seem so cool. Also the person in your avatar looks like Sylar from Heroes to me (dunno if it is though :P)
 
I got some butis butis from lfs they ordered them in for me ,i was dead chuffed but unfortunatley 3 died within 2 day's and the other one that looked a bit unhealthy lasted the longest about 3 month's.Great fish though.I think butis and african butterfly's like to be in group's 3 or 4.
 
DONT get african butterflys....very boring...i had one and i was so happy when my oscar got hungry and ate him.

butis butis are pretty cool, as are all bichirs and ctenopoma. i'd maybe throw in something that has a lot of personality such as a severum or a cichlid of some sort.
 
Ok so the butterfly is out...
Does anyone know for sure if the butis likes to be in groups?
With regards to the cichlid, a sajica perhaps?
 
butis and i'm pretty sure mogurnda are brachish fish so thye won't work with the bichir unless kept in freshwater don't know much about they mogurnda but they butis can be adapted to freshwater and marine water but do we'll in brackish water just make sure you know how much salt is in the water it comes from so you can adjust yours so it won't die from salinity change but with time it can adapt to freshwater and could live with the other fish your talking about

i'd add an african knife fish they are pretty cool and like planted tanks like the other fish listed

with cichlids you just need to make sure its nothing to big or to aggressive so a sajica would work we'll and it even likes the same water as polypterus
 
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