Ornate Bichir Tankmates / 120 stocking ideas

[Arcangel]

i like that stock dont about the gar tho

 

[cichlid_starter]

it's actually not a true gar. just gets 8 inches or so. preditory charicin i think.

 

[Arcangel]

o i didnt know sounds good look into Red spot severum

 

[cichlid_starter]

I was thinking of going with redline sevs but I'll look into the red spot.

 

[TheEelKing]

For a 120, I'd get two main mid dwelling fish like a severum and a silver datnoid or leopard ctenopoma. I'd avoid the other species of datnoid unless you plan to upgrade your tanksize. Along with this, I'd get a group of 3-5 shoaling fish in the 8-inch range like giant danios or australian rainbow fish (I think some of these can reach up to 8 inches). You might then add 3-5 clown loaches and a striped raphael catfish to occupy the bottom and for clean up. Kinda look at the tank and tell if its getting overcrowded as you stock it considering the adult size of these fish.

 

[cichlid_starter]

For a 120, I'd get two main mid dwelling fish like a severum and a silver datnoid or leopard ctenopoma. I'd avoid the other species of datnoid unless you plan to upgrade your tanksize. Along with this, I'd get a group of 3-5 shoaling fish in the 8-inch range like giant danios or australian rainbow fish (I think some of these can reach up to 8 inches). You might then add 3-5 clown loaches and a striped raphael catfish to occupy the bottom and for clean up. Kinda look at the tank and tell if its getting overcrowded as you stock it considering the adult size of these fish.

That pretty much wont work at all with what I want to do. Plus eventually thats overstocked with the loaches alone. That and I'm not patient enough for CL's. Way too slow of a groth rate for me.

 

[skillzizzo]

I wouldn't go with an oscar in a tank like this. Look through the forum lists, oscars are time bombs that you can never tell. Quote: "Never trust an oscar." The have the tendency to just go berserk for no reason then it can be over just as fast as it started... problem is usually a lot of collateral damage. Lots of people have them mixed in, but lots of them have stories about how their oscar killed all the other fish. My gf's oscars did the same in her tank, killed everything but eachother.

Disagree with this. I have owned plenty of oscars to big sizes. And they think there tuff. But find them selfs getting beat up most of the time

 

[mshill90]

I would base your tank stock off of your ornate if you are set on that fish..

My set up with my ornate in my 125 is the following:

1 ornate
3 senegals
1 Jaguar Cichlid
1 large common pleco
1 RTxTSN baby

I had a raphael cat in the tank, but the ornateended up eating his barbels off, and I needed to move him..

My ornate is a jerk though. And while everyone is getting an upgrade tomorrow, he will be staying behind- I am picking up another ornate in hopes that he has a GF and will stop being mean.

 

[lix.ma14]

more bichirs and Arowana!!!!

 

[zippybomb]

For a 120, I'd get two main mid dwelling fish like a severum and a silver datnoid or leopard ctenopoma. I'd avoid the other species of datnoid unless you plan to upgrade your tanksize. Along with this, I'd get a group of 3-5 shoaling fish in the 8-inch range like giant danios or australian rainbow fish (I think some of these can reach up to 8 inches). You might then add 3-5 clown loaches and a striped raphael catfish to occupy the bottom and for clean up. Kinda look at the tank and tell if its getting overcrowded as you stock it considering the adult size of these fish.

You need at least six clowns. By the way, I would go with a bichir kingdom.