If you had a 55 Gallon tank.......

[new_fish_guy86]

Please Post.

 

[CFC]

A ceylonese green snakehead and about 30 guppies

Well you did ask everyone finds different fish attractive so what one of us might chose may not suit another so it is best you make your own choices and then ask questions about their suitability if you are unsure.

 

[new_fish_guy86]

i know i was just seeing what everyone liked kinda like a poll.

 

[cichlid_freak]

I would do a heavily planted aquarium with several Apistograma, maybe A. cakatoides? Or maybe Blue Rams? Or maybe an African rift lake? Or a Wolf Fish set-up? Or a blackwater setup? Or even a mangrove?

Am I rambling? Or are there just soooooo many possibilities?


All that to say this... As CFC said, it's up to you and your taste. Find a good LFS with a variety of fish. Get the names of the ones that you like, and choose some that are a "must." Then give us an update.


In the wide world of fish, no choice is wrong, and no setup is better. It just matters if you, and your fish are happy.

P.S. Just have fun with it.

 

[Doohic722]

a reef with an extravogant puffer fish in there

 

[cherrylt04]

I would hat a really short 55 gall that was wide and long, and put a ray in it. Or get a normal one and get a few eels or an arowonia (dunno about the spelling).

 

[CFC]

You couldn't keep rays or a arrowana in a 55g youd need something nearer 150g!!!

 

[Fishsmurf]

Discus.

 

[catman]

Gotta be discus every time!! With a shoal of about 30 cardinal tetras.. (planted tank of course!)

 

[superman]

With the intent to upgrade to a larger tank when fish size recquires...

I would put a leopard Ctenopoma in at least 3 inches in length, A white knife fish (pretty rare) of 4 inches in length, 1 apple snail, and a Tire Track Eel of 4 inches in length (all these fish would be of exquisite color of coarse)

 

[carey]

Or even a mangrove?

Mangrove setup? I live right next to a estuary and I am not sure if I would want the same in my house...

 

[new_fish_guy86]

I Would fill it up with like 35 Tiger barbs . Then put a bunch of frozen brine shrimp in there and let them tear the heck out of it.

 

[DizzyDezzy]

four oscars and a bristlenose pleco

or

Lots of plants, a bristlenose pleco and 20 each of cardinals and black neon tetras

or

two dozen seahorses and lots of ocean salt


Hmmm I htink I need 3 55 gallon tanks now...

 

[Fishsmurf]

four oscars and a bristlenose pleco

Please tell me you are joking.....

 

[DizzyDezzy]

Yeah I probably wouldn't keep all of them there for long