Suggestions for "featured" fish

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NJ Devils Fan

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I have been thinking about only my tank(72g) and the equipment and I haven't really thought about what kind of fish I want. I want like a few "featured" fish, like discus, something along those lines(not them though). Can someone give me some suggestions. I want these fish to be able to live with other community fish. I will be getting a school of neons, and a few plecos, but other then that, I have no idea.
 
I'm a biotype fan (not a purist, spell it -type not -tope) so if your going with neons and a plec I'd at least stay Amazonian. Which leaves you with a lot of beautiful fish to pick from.

I've been trying to figure out for the next tank (which will be much smaller than a 72) if I want to go Amazon or stay SE Asian. The Amazon tank I've been thinking of would include Rams as a centerpiece fish with everyone else built out from there. Rams may be a little small to carry a 72, depends on what you want. I've been wondering how compatible the Rams would be with a few Apistos -- a 72 might be big enough for everyone to have their own space. Discus have that whole higher temp thing and you're probably wise to steer clear. Angels or any of the medium-sized, evenly-tempered cichlids would be good candidates.
 
As an alternative to Discus as a featured fish, I'm using Black Angels and some Gold angels to go with my school of Cardinal Tetras. Rams are a good choice for bottom dwellers, and then a few Otos and Cory Cats. Black Angels especially offset the Cardinals nicely.
Len
 
I have some gold and black angels with my tetras now, but i really regret not going with something more natural like the wild type angels or the altums. The artificial patterns are starting to bother me.
 
But you already have your featured fish: a school of neons --as many as you can afford.

A lot of small fish schooling in a big tank is a great theme!

The rest of the choices are to complement the feature.Don't make your community too complicated: since you'll have golden peat water and lots of tangles of wood, how about Farlowella cats or Sturisoma? I have both in one tank, but that's very amateurish. Much more interesting to have six of one species (Farlowella acus is the usual one) and see if they won't spawn. Now you're talking interesting.

Rams are great with the neons, except they want more warmth. Minor quibble.
 
I know this probably won't sound like a showcase fish to many people, but what about a fancy pleco? Like golden nugget? Or even zebra plecos? I personally find specialty plecos gets the most attention from people once they see it in a tank.
 
Much in accordance with what the WetMan has to say, I find my schoolers to be more of a centerpiece than my centerpiece fish. Rams, I think, would be good by me as I'm just as happy to pass the interest to the tetras. The cichlids, nevetheless, occupy an important niche. Type not tope. It all depends on what you're looking for. Start from one point and work out: what fish can't you not have?
 
Well, I was looking at Cichlids, but everyone I was looking at was agressive(except the rams), so I don't want them. I don't really care for sharks either.
 
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