Top water tank mates

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turkeyboy85

Jack Dempsey
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Hey guys, just upgraded the tank and now i need some top water fish, what would you suggest, I have a silver aro on special order from an lfs, ft long for $16 not bad from an lfs if you ask me.... but just woundering what you guys think
 
aros are perfect... gars are good tank mates too
 
my gar got snippy with one of my rays (gars have sharp teeth), needless to say the gar went bye bye, aros get huge, but if i were you id get a black aro or leichardi (sp) or some peacock bass
 
jdepasqu2;1409808; said:
are silver dollars really ok?? what about pacu???

If the point of the tank is stingray i'd avoid a big ball of fish that can get 2-3' long and is likely to foul the water very very quickly. I think Dats may be nice in a shoal with a couple of Aros.

Severnum are also pretty easy going.
 
so how many people have silver dollars in with their rays....??? I once had a 4-5" silver dollar eat my little reticulata stingray that was about 6" I assume this combo works better with larger fish and rays.....
 
alot of people use schools of silver dollars for cleanup crews/dithers in larger ray tanks.. I could see some big ones stressing out a juvie though..
 
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