What Oddballs

[Miss Wiplash]

yesterday added my first fish to my 48x 18 x18 inch comunity tank.

I currently have

1 clown pleco
5 glass catfish
20 neon tetra's
4 bumblebee Catfish ( the LFS said the only get to three inches but i think ive read different)

I have allways wanted an Oddball in my tank but with the Malawi's I keep it just was not feasable. Is there any type of Oddball i can keep with what i have here? It wont be added for a while yet but wanted to get an idea so i can do some research.

Cheers Peeps

 

[Calusa]

An elephant nose would probably do alright, as would a flounder (though for both speices, you MUSTMUSTMUSTMUST have sand, or softer/finer gravel. The floundery needs to bury itself, and the ENF can't hurt it's mouth.

 

[Miss Wiplash]

shame as the tank is set up already with small round gravel so that counts those out

 

[Alex]

I don't know if you'd call it an oddball, but my dragon goby is my fav fish, and very odd too look at. Though he looks like a predator he's actually a harmless filter feeder, and when the light hits him properly he goes a beautiful shade of blue.
The way he moves is nice too, he can go backwards and he is just a lovely fish, he excavates his cave on a regular basis and I watch him carrying stones around the tank.

 

[Miss Wiplash]

How big do they get though? I heard they would eat little fish?

 

[Alex]

I've had mine in with neons and glow light tetras for about 2 and half years and he's never touched one. Though if a fish dies he drags it back to his cave, I presume to consume when it gets a bit "softer". He is about 18cm and nearly fully grown. You have to be careful as some types do get massive.

 

[Miss Wiplash]

Coolio

I guess u dont have any pics do you? Sorry to be a pain

 

[Alex]

Sorry, for some reason I cannot get any decent pictures out of my tank, don't know why, it is a mystery.

Maybe someone else could help, If I remember rightly I am not the only dragon goby owner on this forum.