peaceful african fish

[spitz006]

I want to set up a 35 gallon with dwarf frogs and upside down catfish. since these both come from africa I thought it might be a cool idea to stock it with all african fish! Of course I will want to avoid most cichlids and anything aggressive because both of the animals I want are easy targets for aggression. I don't want to overstock, I want everyone to have a lot of room!

 

[angryinsect]

congo tetras, african butterfly fish, and rope fish would work in that setup

 

[Ghost9001]

Leopard ctenopoma would work, ropefish would probably eat the dwarf frogs

 

[Yellow_Perch]

dwarf cichlids..they come from lake tanganyika..

 

[swede]

yeah some shellies might work. you could also add some killie fish from africa for some color. Not very monster, but it adds depth given the setup

 

[NCStateFisher]

Leopard ctenopoma would work, ropefish would probably eat the dwarf frogs

absolutely not on the ctenopoma, they're a predatory fish and would eat those frogs by the time they hit 3" - you'd have a better chance with the rope, as long as the frogs were full grown i don't think it'd be able to swallow em down and they don't try eating things that don't fit in their mouth

 

[spitz006]

I don't think anything you suggested is peaceful enough! From the research I've done butterfly fish are predatory, and congo tetras and cichlids can be fin nippers. I don't want my dwarf frog to have any trouble. I think I will set it up as a 20 gallon instead and do 3 upside-down catfish and a couple dwarf frogs and maybe some african killifish.

 

[fishkeeper4244]

african dwarf frog. african knife