Stocking ideas for first monster tank. Please help.

[Kashif314]

Hello everyone. My experience with fish is that I never had a monster fish. I had Oscars, blood parrots, gouramis, ghost knives and even a red tale catfish but I re homed them when they started to overgrow the tank.

Now I saved money to have a tank to keep some monster fish. They always fascinate me when I see them in stores like huge blood parrots or oscars or a paroon shark and most importantly an arowana. I even thought to buy a flower horn but I am undecided. Can you please suggest me the stocking ideas? I can get a 180 to 200 cm long tank with about 60 to 70 cm width and and good height.

Please suggest what are my options.

Thanks.

 

[Backfromthedead]

Well it sounds to me like youre talking about a 180-240 gallon tank. Which gives you a lot of options for big fish, but still excludes the larger growing monster fish.

A flowerhorn would indeed love your tank, as would most any large central american cichlid. I'm a big fan of the amphilophus complex cichlids, I'd love to dedicate a roomy tank to a big male hogaboomarum or chancho.

Similar to the big CA cichlids are festae, which i think is a very good option for your tank. You could keep a large male festae with a female or two very happy in there.

If youre dead set on arowanas, the only option i would consider for the tank youre suggesting is a jardini arowana. The silvers require much larger tanks ime.

There are lots of other options. Fahaka puffer maybe, pike cichlids, Saltwater FOWLR set up with a larger trigger or angel...

 

[Fishnerd360]

A fire eel maybe?

 

[adamsfishes]

I'd avoid arowana, dovii, umbee, peacock bass, and big cats ... pretty much anything else is fair game though.

 

[Samsung626]

Red terror

 

[celebrist]

Do you want community or wet pet