picked up a solid 6 inch suncat for 20 bucks for my 125g what else?

[syddakyd]

re-did my tank and dismantled saltwater. tired of wasting so much time and effort. freshwater is easy just hook up the python and go do whatever it is i got planned lol.


anyways i have the suncat. i really wanted a florida gar. everyone is saying they can potentially outgrow a 125 because of the width...yet i see/hear most floridas are 16/18 inches.

another fish i was interested in was the clown knife. captive size is also 18 inches i read...although it gets like 3 feet in the wild apparently.


then i was thinking of doing a pair of O's (not necessarily a breeding pair but just two) with my cat and a small musk turtle.




i can stock heavy as long as they all get along. i got a bunch of anacharis and i do water changes all the time as it costs me no time or money.



can you offer opinions and suggestions?

 

[Delhezi222]

Not 100% sure about the florida gar, but a clown knife will eventually outgrow a 125g. Since the tank is only 18" wide (if it's a standard 125g), the clown knife has the capability to grow just as wide as or wider than the width. Also, 18" is a bit of a small estimate of how large a clown knife could grow. Although it most likely won't reach sizes that it would in the wild, 2'+ would definitely be possible in the right conditions.

 

[syddakyd]

yea it seems like all the cool stuff is just slightly out of my reach which is really annoying. it would be better if i had a small tank so i know where i stood. this was a gift though which i appreciate and also the house is more then 100 years old so i dont want to play around with that.

do you have any suggestions for me? keep in mind i have the catfish already

 

[Delhezi222]

I usually recommend polypterus, not sure how much you know about them but they're great if you like oddball fish. There are quite a few different species to choose from and they're all pretty interesting. If you want some kind of knifefish, there are a few species that stay smaller than clowns. A black ghost knifefish, for example, will grow to about 18" at the most, more than likely a few inches shorter. There is also a huge variety of mid-sized cichlids to choose from, firemouths and green terrors are a few that stay fairly small and that should be fine with the sun cat.