Stocking My New 150 Gallon

[TyKornblue]

So I just acquired a 155 gallon aquarium, I've posted a few questions asking about what types of fish to stock it with, and here's the series I've come up with. I need help deciding which will be mot functional together for life. Species im interested in are as follows:
Hujeta Gar
Endli Bichir
Delhizi Bichir
Dinosaur Bichir
Senegal Bichir
Datnoid
Black Ghost Knifefish
Xingu Pike Cichlid
Tigrinus Catfish
Frontosa
Silver Dollar Fish (IDK what species though)

I am getting at least 2 bichirs, 1 endli and the other one is yet to be decided. But im not sure which of the others would be most functional together. LMK what you think would work. Thanks.

 

[Joshuakahan]

Dinosaur and Senegal are the same thing and, along with the hujeta and delhezi are to small for the others for life. Everything else will eventually outgrow your tank
Of those options I’d do it like this
3 Senegal bichir
3 delhezi bichir
5 hujeta
And that would be it, but that would also be a very interesting tank, there’s other smaller bichirs and hujeta like fish as well

 

[TyKornblue]

Dinosaur and Senegal are the same thing and, along with the hujeta and delhezi are to small for the others for life. Everything else will eventually outgrow your tank
Of those options I’d do it like this
3 Senegal bichir
3 delhezi bichir
5 hujeta
And that would be it, but that would also be a very interesting tank, there’s other smaller bichirs and hujeta like fish as well

Thanks for the input. I'll consider that.

 

[Joshuakahan]

Thanks for the input. I'll consider that.

There’s also smaller alternatives to all the other fish that would work too

 

[TyKornblue]

There’s also smaller alternatives to all the other fish that would work too

such as what?

 

[Joshuakahan]

such as what?

Datnoid- African leaf fish
Endi- most upper jaw bichirs
Tigrinus- smaller pim catfish such as a blochi
Black ghost knife- brown ghost knife
There lots of smaller pike cichlids like belly crawlers and sharp nose pike’s
Frontosa-Neolamprologus tretocephalus

 

[TyKornblue]

Datnoid- African leaf fish
Endi- most upper jaw bichirs
Tigrinus- smaller pim catfish such as a blochi
Black ghost knife- brown ghost knife
There lots of smaller pike cichlids like belly crawlers and sharp nose pike’s
Frontosa-Neolamprologus tretocephalus

from what i’ve seen both on this forum and other sources online, people have said that all of these fish except the tigrinus which i didn’t actually mean to put on the list can be kept in a 150 for life. were my sources wrong?

 

[Joshuakahan]

from what i’ve seen both on this forum and other sources online, people have said that all of these fish except the tigrinus which i didn’t actually mean to put on the list can be kept in a 150 for life. were my sources wrong?

Eh, not really wrong but your tank would be the minimum and you definitely couldn’t do them all. If you went with smaller alternatives, you probably could do them all without much concern

 

[Joshuakahan]

from what i’ve seen both on this forum and other sources online, people have said that all of these fish except the tigrinus which i didn’t actually mean to put on the list can be kept in a 150 for life. were my sources wrong?

I also tried a dat with hujeta and the dat beat the crap out of it and that was in a 180. The dat was only 3-4” at the time

 

[TyKornblue]

oh i didn’t mean them all in a 150, i just don’t know which one(s) would pair best with bichirs, i really don’t want any more than 2-3 companions for the bichirs