Recommendations For Centerpiece Fish?

[TekFish]

I have an Amazon Biotope Tank, well all the fish are anyway...with Rummynose Tetra, Diamond Tetra, Cardinal Tetra [open to change], Apistogramma Cacatuoides and a Bristlenose Plec.

Is there any centerpiece fish that will fit in with the biotope and won't eat the smaller tetras.

Thanks.

TekFish

 

[Gvilleguy]

How big is the tank?

 

[TekFish]

200L

100cm x 40cm x 50cm

 

[Gvilleguy]

That's big enough to be outside my pay grade (I don't have fish big enough to centerpiece your tank).

 

[angelfishguy]

Depending on the tank height, i think an angel would be perfect

 

[TekFish]

Tank height is 50cm.

 

[SamLovesCorys]

Surely the Apisto is a centrepiece?!

 

[balajake]

I would have a pair of elliotis as a centrepiece. Apistogrammas are too small to be the main attraction in a tank that big

 

[minnnt]

A single Thorichthys species makes for a great centrepiece... A pair would spell no end of trouble. Conspecific aggression is high and if you do get a pair, then other fish will be attacked as they raise young. They're also Centrals rather than Southerns.

 

[balajake]

A single Thorichthys species makes for a great centrepiece... A pair would spell no end of trouble. Conspecific aggression is high and if you do get a pair, then other fish will be attacked as they raise young. They're also Centrals rather than Southerns.

Just not a firemouth, They are little buggers lol. I had a pair of elliotis and they were very placid indeed. I was advised two were better than one

 

[minnnt]

My Ellioti was also placid once alone... He killed his mate, as did his two brothers (whilst in the care of another member on here)

 

[balajake]

My Ellioti was also placid once alone... He killed his mate, as did his two brothers (whilst in the care of another member on here)

Eeek, that's awful. Maybe a big male on its own would be the best advice for a Cichlid newbie then ( if he's a Cichlid newbie)

 

[minnnt]

 

[balajake]

They are very beautiful fish.

 

[minnnt]

They are indeed. I came across some Aureus the other day... £3.70 each. If only i had the tank space.