What Should I DO!!!!!!!

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Pazzoman

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Hay All! I have a 72 gallon bow front tank, 48 by 15 by 23, L x W x H.
I have very small fish in thier, the biggest in thier is my weather loach which measures about 5in. Their are barbs, danios, butter fly fish, plecos. All together thier is about 19 - 22 most of them are 1in. to 2.5in. My mom said "We have a huge tank we should put huge fish in thier" now that I think of it she is right. I have a huge canister filter which the water looks crystal clean. Do you know any fish that can live in this tank? Don't worry about the fish that are still in thier I have many friends who have small tanks. Please help and I would apreciate the number per fish. I do like gars, but thier to big for that tank so are arowanas and rays. Thanks Again!
 
What is your huge canister? Huge means different things to different people and just because it keeps the tank clean with the little fish doesn't mean that it will keep it clean with larger fish.

Also keep in mind that if you get a "huge fish" there is a good chance that you will only be able to keep one fish in that tank long term. I'm not trying to talk you out of it I just don't want you to go into it without knowing what could happen.
 
Thanks and my canister filter is the Fluval 405 which is good for aquariums up to 100 gallons. I would like a big community tank if possible, thanks.
 
midas and agels would be cool, but I think I would prefer a medium size to big fish community tanks. For example I found this:

The Malawi Tank (120-200 liters)
Many beginner aquarists automatically choose tetras and swordtails since this is what the pet shop recommended them, but the world is filled with suitable beginner species and there is no need to go for the species that “everyone else” gets. Even as a beginner, a devoted aquarist can for instance successfully keep a Lake Malawi aquarium with colorful, albeit somewhat aggressive, cichlids. With a 120-200 liter aquarium, you will have room for quite a lot of medium-sized cichlids. Keeping the aquarium well-stocked will actually reduce aggression, so do not attempt this setup unless you are prepared to purchase all the fishes at once. The genus Pseudotropheus contains several suitable species and you can for instance pick six Pseudotropheus estherae and six Pseudotropheus socolofi. Add six more fish from the species Labeotropheus trewavasae and finish by purchasing two Cuckoo catfish. These fishes hail from the rocky shores of Lake Malawi and the aquarium should therefore be aquascaped using lots of rocks. You can try adding plants if you want to, but they will most likely be destroyed.

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aquarium/selecting.php
 
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