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Very very nice. I'm envious.

As of right now, your stock constitutes a biotope. All three species are native to Borneo, Sumatra, and the Malay Peninsula. I think it would be fun if you kept with the Indonesian/Malaysian theme. It's not a common theme, at least among keepers on this site. Some possibilities (check with others for compatibility, I haven't kept any of these species):

Black Lancer Catfish
Giant Gourami
Pearl Gourami
Tiger Barb
Siamese Datnoides
Four-barred Datnoides

Numerous bettas, gouramis, rasboras, barbs, and sisorid catfishes are also from this region.
 
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Very very nice. I'm envious.

As of right now, your stock constitutes a biotope. All three species are native to Borneo, Sumatra, and the Malay Peninsula. I think it would be fun if you kept with the Indonesian/Malaysian theme. It's not a common theme, at least among keepers on this site. Some possibilities (check with others for compatibility, I haven't kept any of these species):

Black Lancer Catfish
Giant Gourami
Pearl Gourami
Tiger Barb
Siamese Datnoides
Four-barred Datnoides

Numerous bettas, gouramis, rasboras, barbs, and sisorid catfishes are also from this region.
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That's a good suggestion, I never that of doing that. I'll have to check out what a Sisorid Catfish is, I've never heard of it before.
 
Sisoridae is a big catfish family widely distributed in south Asia. They are mostly very small stream species, but also include some whoppers like the purportedly man-eating goonch. I'm not sure what species from the Indo-Malay area are available and suitable for your tank; I'll see what I can dig up.
 
Apparently not as many sisorids are found in the area as I thought. Bagarius bagarius (Devil Catfish) and B. yarrelli (Goonch) are found there, as well as some species of Glyptothorax (small stream catfishes). But I did find a few more species to add to the list:

Fire Eel
Tire Track Eel
Siamese Algae Eater
Flying Fox
Garra borneensis (congeneric with Chinese Algae Eater)
Thai Mahseer
Freshwater Pipefish (Doryichthys mertensii)- I don't think this is one of the freshwater pipefish available in the trade
Bronze Featherback (Knifefish)
 
2 motoros rays, 6 cichla, 1 tig=:drool:
 
I would love to see an Oscar in there cause I know how much you wanted one. Your oscar would be huge with personality too.

:popcorn:
 
I had to tank down in June to deal with a stand issue. I'm currently setting it back up and hope to share some new pics in the comming weeks. I'm unsure what to stock the tank with. I currently have 2 Bala Sharks, 10 Clown Loaches and 1 common type Pleco. I gave away 3 Tin Foil Barbs and 1 common type Pleco because I didn't have room for them all in spare tanks when the big one was taken down.

Maybe I will do a few wild type Oscars. I've seen some pics on here and they are gorgeous.
 
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