Largish, yet peaceful Amazon species?

[abbott75]

Does one exist?

I'm planning an Amazon community including Corydoras, Neon Tetras and Platys, but would like one or two larger fish to be swimming around in there too...

So, any suggestions on what could be suitable, and wont be likely to eat the others?

[Animallove]

There are a couple, my favorite are bolivian rams, they're georgous. I don't know how big you want, bolivians get to be around 3".

[mountain_webste]

Angel fish depending on your tank size. Though they may eat your neons depending on the size of both. I've a couple angels with rummynose and bloodfin tetras and they're all happy. I lost one rummnose the first night after adding to the tank but the pictus cat is the primary suspect in that crime ;) Tank's been up and running for 18+ months.

[Lupin]

Platies will not make your stocklist purely Amazon.

Angelfish, discus, rams, apistos, plecos, cories, pencilfish, tetras and hatchetfish would be your options. What size is the tank being planned?

[jm1212]

festivum!

[mellowvision]

Amazon sword plant

[tanker]

Amazon sword plant

:drool:

I think he meant fish.

What size tank??

[Star_Rider]

Largish fish? knowing what your tank size is can help.

geo's?

[Dave-ZZ4]

If the tank is large enough a black ghost knife would be interesting.

[Squawkbert]

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[nickmcmechan]

festivum!
excellent suggestion!

[abbott75]

Size is no problem, I haven't measured it but it is huge. I'm currently working on my Asian tank, which is 500 litres, and the Amazon tank is about the same.

[Ruben Tolon]

Geophagus is always a good idea

[chinnp]

A Pacu is a nice, peaceful, large, Amazonian fish. It may eat plants, but won't bug anyone else.

500 ltrs is approximately 130g for the rest of the American's on this board who haven't given in to the "system".

[rosita]

A Pacu is a nice, peaceful, large, Amazonian fish. It may eat plants, but won't bug anyone else.

500 ltrs is approximately 130g for the rest of the American's on this board who haven't given in to the "system".

LOL Pacu's get up to 3 feet long, very deep, and very LARGE. Necessary minimal tank size, around 600g when full grown (for one). And it's a long-term committment--they live to at least 20 years, often older when well cared for.

Severums are generally relatively peaceful. . . . Once again, depends on your tank size.

[Star_Rider]

the size of the tank is important. especially for Cichlids. many of which get quite large and even a 130 will limit what you can place in the tank.
some largish peaceful cichlids will hit close to the 14"mark and all cichlids to some point are territorial.

some are peaceful to the tank mates but may have issues with others of the same species..or if you are a few you wind up with a pair.

I like Geos and sev's I consider festivum a great cichlid but not on the largish size.

[jpappy789]

like everyone else...size of fish you are looking for and exact size of tank would be nice...

[wataugachicken]

if over 55g a severum would be nice, but having neons with it might prove to be a little too tempting. they are generally non-aggressive, but pretty much all larger cichlids tend to be opportunistic eaters. if you like the looks of a severum though, there are plenty of other tetras that aren't quite so snack-sized.

[---MR.CLEAN---]

silver dollars could be another idea they get as big as the angelfish but they may eat plants unless given lots of vegetation also they are schooling fish

[devlyyn]

+1 for silver dollars. You can forget about keeping live plants with them though, they'll eat them all. Some species can grow to 8" but the most common types found in the stores grow to about 5-6".

[nickmcmechan]

such a good reply i wnet a got myself some