New Oddball Tank

[Tobigara]

ok here's the deal. i'm getting a standard 30 gallon tank and a 48 gallon corner tank by the end of the week. i'd like to start a oddball tank prolly with a sand substrate but i don't know what i should put in there. i have a 3" senegal in a 55 but i'd like to move him to the new oddball tank.

what else can/should i put in there with him? and what tank should i use the 48 or 30?

any suggestions welcome

Oh...i've always been a fan of African Butterfly fish. Would that be possible?

 

[DarkEntity]

ok here's the deal. i'm getting a standard 30 gallon tank and a 48 gallon corner tank by the end of the week. i'd like to start a oddball tank prolly with a sand substrate but i don't know what i should put in there. i have a 3" senegal in a 55 but i'd like to move him to the new oddball tank.

what else can/should i put in there with him? and what tank should i use the 48 or 30?

any suggestions welcome

Oh...i've always been a fan of African Butterfly fish. Would that be possible?

You could do something similar to mine....(but you dont have to) all african fish, Polypterus, Congo Tetras, Ctenoponma, Butterfly Fish and Synos

Senegal, Butterfly are oddballs, but the others arent..

im sure there is a sticky on non tankbuster oddballs

 

[tahneen]

im not to sure on this but I think you could do sengal, peacock eel, african butterfly fish and maby a south american leaf fish?
they are all very weird fish and would probly fit and maby if you had the room a few dwarf neon rainbows?!?!?
hope that helps!!

 

[Tobigara]

i like the idea of an african tank. the african butterfly tips me in that direction. i like the leaf fish too but aren't they hard to take care of?

 

[geo7x]

i like the idea of an african tank. the african butterfly tips me in that direction. i like the leaf fish too but aren't they hard to take care of?

Ehhh depends which "Leaf fish" you're talking about.

If you're talking about *the* SA leaf fish ( [URL="http/www.fishforums.net/content/Oddballs...ican-Leaf-Fish/"]http/www.fishforums.net/content/Oddballs...ican-Leaf-Fish/[/URL] ) then yes they are very hard to care for and certainly not suitable for a community setup. Also not african (hence name) so I am presuming/hoping you don't mean this species.

If you're talking about the Spotted Climbing Perch/Leopard Bushfish/Whateveryouwanttocallit ( [URL="http/www.fishforums.net/content/Labyrint...otted-Climbing/"]http/www.fishforums.net/content/Labyrint...otted-Climbing/[/URL] ) then they are more suitable, and are african so would suit the theme. However although I have never kept them the description in the link above does imply they are a bit picky water condition wise but can't be too bad as I know of quite a few owners on this forum (including DarkEntity )

I've always liked the idea of doing an african theme myself but it rules out alot of catfish If doing an african tank then there are plenty of oddballs but congo tetras are perhaps the obvious choice of 'dither' fish to fill the upper areas of the tank more.

 

[Tobigara]

i'm sold! i'm deffinitely doing an african tank. between the senegal, butterfly, synos and perch i'm hooked. thanks all for the suggestions and clarification regarding leaf fish. Really appreciated!

 

[the_evil_duboisi]

You could also consider African mudfish and dwark(rainbow) snakeheads, but the snakeheads aren't African as you know.