What would you do?

[Ashley45]

I'm trying to get ideas for an empty 70 gallon tall... I've considered a reef but I think I'm going to save up for a 210 so I can have more stock options I dunno? I'm lost on what to do with this 70... I want something different though...

[SunnyHouTX]

Do a small SA tank with hatchet fish, cool plecos, and some long branch-y manzanita to look like mangrove roots. And some sort of tetra as a mid water schooling fish

[jeb102385]

Angels, rams, cardinals, rummynose, and corys

[moganman]

Agreed. I did SA/CA tanks for a good ten years before I got into trophs. All of the tanks were run on sponge filters. Never used dechlorinator and all fish bred. College Station water plus RO/DI system made for good breeding. Good luck.

[Ashley45]

I've got angels rams hatchets neons and corys already.... lol! I've considered discus but I'm having a tough time figuring it out haha maybe some aggressive fish?

[mnemenoi]

Quite a few options that might be a bit odd 1. African Riverine setup with barbs/tetras (Never see any of these, but do occasionally see cool oddballs that beg for this sort of setup.) 2. South American piscivore/non cichlid setup - Banded Knifefish, Lima shovelnose, Pink Tailed Chalceus, Whale mouthed catfish, Eel tailed Banjo catfish 3. Tanganyikan Eel devoted tank that focuses upon the real oddballs that come in occasionally. Plagiostomas, Tetras, Killifish, ect. 4. Extremely soft south east Asain biotope (Samurai Gouramis, Rasboras, loaches, some of the cooler oddballs 5. Brackish Anableps tank with sleepers, monos, gobies, and flounders

[jeb102385]

What the dimensions of a 70 gallon

[moganman]

Hypsophrys nematopus formerly known as the neetroplus nematroplus is the funniest fish I've ever kept. They are meaner than any petro or troph that you have ever seen. They make great pets. Downside is when they breed they will beat the crap out of any fish ten times their size and get away with it. I've actually seen them successfully kept with Malawi cichlids but I wouldn't recommend it.

[mnemenoi]

Tanganyikan biotope tanks are always fun and with the plethora of tang keepers in Houston you can acquire almost everything for a decent price from local breeders. Pick 1 shellie, 1 rockdweller, 1 open water. 1 synodont and whatever oddballs you like. They'll breed and there always seems to be a market for offspring here.

[LordBarron7692]

Do a small SA tank with hatchet fish, cool plecos, and some long branch-y manzanita to look like mangrove roots. And some sort of tetra as a mid water schooling fish

Damn that sounds like a good idea

[danielp]

Do a small SA tank with hatchet fish, cool plecos, and some long branch-y manzanita to look like mangrove roots. And some sort of tetra as a mid water schooling fish

+1

I have 4 Tapajos and about 20 Von rio tetras with everything else Sonny mentioned. I've really stepped outside my box on this tank but I'm really liking it.

[Ryan Davis]

i had a 110 tall. Peacock bass, gar, bicher eel, oscar wll lived together great. it was awesome feeding the bass i have some videos of the bass and gar feeding if yall wanna see

[Ryan Davis]

[SunnyHouTX]

+1

I have 4 Tapajos and about 20 Von rio tetras with everything else Sonny mentioned. I've really stepped outside my box on this tank but I'm really liking it.

I'm stepping outside my comfort zone big time with my 40B, got a nice size group of emperor tetras, and waiting in Krobia sp. Xingu to arrive via our friendly local purveyor of oddball fish, Homeless Aquatics. Till then, I bought a pair of Rainbow Cichlids from Tran @ FR II and they're proving to be quite the Zen group of fish to offset the Trophs and Petros.

[danielp]

Emperor tetras are really nice.

The anal fin is very unique and the dark contrasting colors with a bright lateral line make for a nice fish.

I went the Von rio route because of the color contrast