How about a severum? Lots of nice color morphs to choose from, stays 10" and under, not too aggressive.
Tank really looks great. You should enter it in tank of the month.
Tank really looks great. You should enter it in tank of the month.
thank you. I used to have severum, really cool fish with a lot of beautiful colour. But I don't think that the combination of ancient predator oddballs with some more colourful fish would look good. If u have any other idea's, I would like to hear them
If the M. Dayi or knife won't eat the rope fish as it gets larger I think you should get at least one more rope, if not 3. They are more comfortable and more active in groups of 3+. But I worry they'll become someone's snack so I'm hesitating a bit on that, too....
I like the Ctenopoma idea, too bad you can't find them as they're pretty cool fish.
Would the knife chase any black fish? Or just elongated fish? If it's not all black fish I'd recommend Paratilapia Polleni/Bleekeri.
Where do you live?
I like the Ctenopoma idea, too bad you can't find them as they're pretty cool fish.
Would the knife chase any black fish? Or just elongated fish? If it's not all black fish I'd recommend Paratilapia Polleni/Bleekeri.
Where do you live?
What about Datnoids or Toxotes blythii? I know the latter can be harder to find, but if you're in the US the Wet Spot gets them semi-regularly.
The M.dayi only gets around 25cm at most. The ropefish are now around 30cm. So they won't get eaten. The knife fish never attacked any fish I had except for 2 black catfish that I got from a friend who bought them while it was still to cold to put them in his garden. So I guess he attacks everything that is black and the rest he ignores.
Those Paratilapia Polleni/ look really cool. Never seen them in any shop here. But I think that the knife fish would attack them.
I live in the Netherlands. (northwest Europe, above France)
I have thought about Toxotes blythii but I never saw them. Only the brackishwater ones. I would love to add Datnoids. But I thought that 2meter aquariums were to small for them?
I'm fairly certain that there are smaller Dats that can live in that size tank for life. But I just have that info on a list of mine that I keep in fish that I'm interested in. 
I have no direct experience.
Maybe someone else can speak to that?
I have no direct experience. Maybe someone else can speak to that?
I'm fairly certain that there are smaller Dats that can live in that size tank for life. But I just have that info on a list of mine that I keep in fish that I'm interested in.
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can you send me that list ?
thought I was the only 1 with lists like that
to bad..
I had some questions regarding pikecichlids.
Do they stay at 1 place in the aquarium hovering in the air or do they swim across the hole tank?
And all dats get around 50cm or bigger so u would need more than a 2 meter tank.
