I've been racking my brain trying to figure out what kind of fish I want to put in my new 230 gallon tank... I did my transfer of my fish from 33 gallon and going from a slightly crowded tank to a tank where everybody looks tiny has me thinking a little bigger.
Currently I have 5 black skirts, 2 congos, 2 powder blue gourami, 1 tin foil barb about 6", a pleco, 2 yoyo loaches, and a couple snails. Bunch of hiding spots and have been using slate rocks from a busted pool table to spruce up the landscape and provide more spots.
There's 2 different ways I could go obviously. Have a massive community tank with huge schools or have a few fish that will get bigger.
Now I'm looking for advice and I don't know any acronyms really so please just use full words lol. If I go with community fish, what should I get for bottom feeders, midfish, and top schools?
What about bigger fish? I don't mind cleaning out my tank of the tetras and the gourami to make it an aggressive tank if the fish is likely to make them lunch. I've had some suggestions of the ghost knife fish and gar. Oscars. Any others? Any fish that go well to "fill in the gaps" of your suggestions? Would the fish(es) be the only fish in the tank?
I've been around for a while and know what I'm doing for the most part I think... but going from a 33 gallon to a 230 gallon is a big step and there's a lot of fish I could look at so I'd love everybody's advice.
Currently I have 5 black skirts, 2 congos, 2 powder blue gourami, 1 tin foil barb about 6", a pleco, 2 yoyo loaches, and a couple snails. Bunch of hiding spots and have been using slate rocks from a busted pool table to spruce up the landscape and provide more spots.
There's 2 different ways I could go obviously. Have a massive community tank with huge schools or have a few fish that will get bigger.
Now I'm looking for advice and I don't know any acronyms really so please just use full words lol. If I go with community fish, what should I get for bottom feeders, midfish, and top schools?
What about bigger fish? I don't mind cleaning out my tank of the tetras and the gourami to make it an aggressive tank if the fish is likely to make them lunch. I've had some suggestions of the ghost knife fish and gar. Oscars. Any others? Any fish that go well to "fill in the gaps" of your suggestions? Would the fish(es) be the only fish in the tank?
I've been around for a while and know what I'm doing for the most part I think... but going from a 33 gallon to a 230 gallon is a big step and there's a lot of fish I could look at so I'd love everybody's advice.
