eels or discus or cichlids?

brycemc

brycemc

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hey all.
i have a 40 gallon tank and was wondering what to put in it next. i was thinking maybe 2 freshwater eels and a few fish which they cant eat, or maybe 4 or 5 discus with some small fish, or a couple of medium sized cichlids?
whats your oppinions on what would work best?
cheers,
bryce
 
If your gonna do discus, no tankmates and really think about going bare bottom as well as buying adult fish for your first go around with them. With that stocking your going to need to really think about a much more aggressive water change routine than what your used to 3 times a week at 50% is what I would suggest.
 
get cichlids
 
I recently saw a couple of small freshwater eels at my LFS and those look really cool, its a shame I don't have space for them myself!!! :(
 
Considering there are thousands of cichlid species, could you specify which ones you're interested in?
 
There are no fw eels. All true eels are saltwater or brackish. The so-called "freshwater snowflake moray eel" is brackish, and the true snowflake moray eel is saltwater. Spiny Eels are freshwater, but they aren't really eels. (I still think theyre pretty cool though.)

I think that you should get 2 peacock eels (a type of common spiny eel that stays small) and some dwarf cichlids.
 
cichlids
the most fun you will ever have with a fish :p:
discus are harder to take care of than most fish. and eels, well their eals lol
just be careful in choosing cichids, some will live peacefully in a tank and some will kill everything in site. ive kept cichlids in a mixed community for several years
my list was...
1 oscar
1 severum
1 chocolate cichlid
1 firemouth
1 rainbow cichlid
1 female zebra convict
1 blood parrot
1 blue acara
1 pl*co
1cory catfish
8 black tetra's
now the kicker is i had them all in a 37 gallon tank. the filter was an aquaclear 500, ive never used a heater in my life (tank never got below 75) but i did 30 percent water changes weekly. ive had these fish for about 5 years before i moved and had to get rid of them. the tetras died of old age and i had one jack dempsey that was killed by the firemouth, they just didnt like each other. other than that no deaths.
the trick to mixing cichlids with other tropical fish is the get the tetra's and others before adding the cichlids, this way the tetras wont spook. add baby cichlids only and never feed them live food.
what works for me probably wont work for everyone, but ive heard others having success this way too
and ya cant bash me for cramming all those fish into a small tank cuz the tank is gone :dance:
now i have a 55 gallon with one oscar, a severum and a feather fin cat. i will be getting tetras this week which is going against my rule of adding them first, but the oscar is so tiny theres no way he could do damage. if it fails i will be sure to post about it, if it succeeds i will post pictures :D
 
i gave an example of my tank. which was successful. i also stated that it may not work for everybody. i never said it was ok, but it is not impossible
i post my own oppinions and i post in an honest manner. i am intitled to do so
a troll is someone who makes untrue posts in a joking manner, i am neither of these
 
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