i have a almost cycled 55g tank and wondering what to put in it,

its in my games room so not seen all the time so not wanting oscars, to many already in my big tank lol

i was thinking phrana, snakehead or feeder tank

any thoughts guys?

the choices boils down on what do you want it to be.... an active tank
all day...or a tank that requires curiosity to find all the fishes.

in my case, i want a fish that never sleep, thus i have 2 x 24 inches ID shark,
3 x 10 inches oscars, and 1 x 12 inches arowana in a 220 gal tank.

and my wife requested for her own tank that contains 6 x 1 inch tiger barbs,
5 x 2 inches barbs (don't know the exact name) 1 x 2 inches bala shark and a lot
of grass shrimp.

A "small" fish community tank, not a lot of work. if its not being seen much it may get forgotten. but in the end its down to what you like.

im not really into small fish, hmmmmmm is it pos to keep fresh water fish like trout?

trout get BIG

I am thinking maybe Africans... An active tank!

Fresh water? Like in no heater and tank at roomtemp?
I say get a bunch of different sunfish.
They're like lil' Oscars!
Some clown plecos added to that, and I'm coming over to have coffee in front of your tank.

you can eat them if they get to big lol

fishboy747 wrote:


Ask Paul for a recipy, he has one for every fish, i think.

If I'd live in the Philipines, my signature would be:

Our fish don't grow too big, cuz we eat them.

sorry bout that Paul.

theres a thought mayby i could keep a piglet or some goats in it, mmmmm yummy

or a some ciclids and a flying hippo...

thats cool, what ones the hippo? the one in the tank or the one talking!

Noddy wrote:


sunfish r crazy little batards
if they were as big as oscars they would kick an oscars ass

i used to have a 75 g that i had 2 110 inch bass and some sunnys that i cought in a local lake and the ruler of the tank of very aggresive bass was this 6 inch sun fish just thought i should share that.