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[Makaveli1996]

So I'm in the process of setting up my 4ft tank, It holds approximately 300Ltrs of water. My filtration will be 2 canister filters that do 2,000 Lp/H each with built in 9W uv. So 4,000 Lph/H in total turning the tank over roughly 13 times an hour.

What would you suggest for predatory fish? Ive had a few over the years but want some ideas for unique animals.

 

[GamerChick5567]

Hujeta gars/pike charachins. They look like mini gars and will eat live foods like guppies. You can keep them in a group and they should do well in that big of a tank if you get the species that only gets about a foot long. Although they need a bit of a slow flow I think.

Pike livebearers would be pretty cool too if they are legal where you live. They will also eat live guppies as well.

Hmmm.... Medium sized cichlids... Greenspot/figure 8/dwarf puffers...

A crappload of female bettas and one male? LOL

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Good suggestions so far.
I recommend pink tail chalceus.
Very attractive predators when fully grown.

 

[Hendre]

Good suggestions so far.
I recommend pink tail chalceus.
Very attractive predators when fully grown.

+1 for sure!

I'd also like to suggest upper jaw polypterus, or African knife fish for something cool

 

[Makaveli1996]

Good ideas Ive just had a look at them. Ive got a fire eel in my other tank and I was thinking of having the FireEel in the mix too.

 

[Hendre]

Good ideas Ive just had a look at them. Ive got a fire eel in my other tank and I was thinking of having the FireEel in the mix too.

Not big enough hey? Fire eels get huge. Personally I wouldn't keep anything larger than a chalceus in there

 

[Drstrangelove]

Agreed. Fire eels have reached 36+ inches in tanks and they are quite thick.

I don't care for the lack of turning space or the amount of nitrates. A full grown fire eel weighs as much as three 12" Oscars.

 

[jaws7777]

A group of exodons (buck tooth tetra)

 

[pops]

A crappload of female bettas and one male? LOL

LMAO

 

[TheMoneyTank(TMT)]

So I'm in the process of setting up my 4ft tank, It holds approximately 300Ltrs of water. My filtration will be 2 canister filters that do 2,000 Lp/H each with built in 9W uv. So 4,000 Lph/H in total turning the tank over roughly 13 times an hour.

What would you suggest for predatory fish? Ive had a few over the years but want some ideas for unique animals.

Pike characin
Pike killifish
Pike cichlids
Rainbow snakehead
Rainbow Wolf fish
Channa asiatica
(A group of red bellied piranhas)
Dwarf pangasius
Leopard bushfish
Black ghost knife fish
Reed fish
Senegal bichir
1 Lone flowerhorn
Jaguar catfish
Dwarf giraffe catfish
African butterfly fish