Stocking A 65Gallon Oddball Tank.

[Shovelman]

*I'll post it anyways as i still need some ideas/feedback*

Hey there folks have a question pertaining to stocking my 65 gallon planted tank!

So here is what I have so far in terms of ideas.
1. 5-6 Toxotes microlepis
2. Some sort of spiny eel (what species might you recommend? I don't particularly care for the peacocks but i know fire eels are out of the question with this tank size and water requirements)
3. Would some sort of knife fish work? I was looking at some info on the African Knife fish, Xenomystus nigri I believe? If i kept the water chemistry stable and a pH that is fairly basic might this work?


If not any other recommendations are welcome! I really love oddballs when it comes to fish!

 

[Shovelman]

Anyone have any experience with Mastacembelus dayi? Aka the black spotted spiny eel?

Also do zig zag eels get as long and girth-y as tire tracks?

 

[creeker]

Shovelman, I just noticed that your tank is planted. You do know any spiny eel species is going to re-arrange the landscape daily, right?

 

[Shovelman]

Shovelman, I just noticed that your tank is planted. You do know any spiny eel species is going to re-arrange the landscape daily, right?

yup! For the most part though these are anubias, and java ferns that i attach to driftwood rather than plant in substrate so it should be fine.

 

[creeker]

Ok, yeah, that'll work. Can't wait for you to get your eel. You seem very excited about it. I don't have the room for one now, so I will have to live vicariously through you.

 

[Shovelman]

Ok, yeah, that'll work. Can't wait for you to get your eel. You seem very excited about it. I don't have the room for one now, so I will have to live vicariously through you.

lol sounds good! although beware! If i find anyone willing to sell a Typhlonectes natans, spiny eel will be out of the picture!

 

[creeker]

Ok, yeah, that'll work. Can't wait for you to get your eel. You seem very excited about it. I don't have the room for one now, so I will have to live vicariously through you.

lol sounds good! although beware! If i find anyone willing to sell a Typhlonectes natans, spiny eel will be out of the picture!

Man, those things are boring! We used to sell them at the wholesale and retail places I used to work at. It's not even a fish! To each his own, I guess. I just don't get the appeal of the Caecilians. I can't imagine them being in short supply. Ours were always giving birth to live young.

 

[Shovelman]

Ok, yeah, that'll work. Can't wait for you to get your eel. You seem very excited about it. I don't have the room for one now, so I will have to live vicariously through you.

lol sounds good! although beware! If i find anyone willing to sell a Typhlonectes natans, spiny eel will be out of the picture!

Man, those things are boring! We used to sell them at the wholesale and retail places I used to work at. It's not even a fish! To each his own, I guess. I just don't get the appeal of the Caecilians. I can't imagine them being in short supply. Ours were always giving birth to live young.

But their so cute and awesome! I love their little rows of teeth ! Now i cant find any, as you said they used to seem to be fairly common...but not finding much now....