Stock options for 40G?

[speedysnail]

My heater broke and all my fish froze over the weekend .
Anyways I want bigger fish instead of a community of small fish.

They have to be able to coexist with plants and gravel.

Thanks! First post here

 

[absolutangel04]

Just to be clear, is it a 40g breeder? Would you be interested in a single larger cichlid?

 

[speedysnail]

Yes 49 breeder, would rather have a few fish

 

[absolutangel04]

What sort of things do you like? there is the African butterfly fish. You need to be cautious about tankmates being too big to get eaten though. There are a handful of cool cichlids that would fit, maybe with a school of dither fish like giant danios or some such thing.
Golden Wonder killifish with tiger barbs. Angels. Pearl gouramis. Convict cichlids. Honduran red points. Laetacare thayeri. A few fancy goldfish.

 

[speedysnail]

Really liking the butterfly fish! And I forgot about tigers. Thanks!

 

[speedysnail]

Do you think a pair of convicts and 8 tiger barbs would work? Maybe a pleco or butterfly fish if i can also!

 

[bettaowner]

The convicts would breed rapidly and might bother the butterfly fish.

 

[speedysnail]

Maybe a lone cichlid???

 

[bettaowner]

A lone cichlid would be nice depending on the species. An angelfish or Honduran red point would be a great option.

 

[absolutangel04]

I wouldn't do a butterfly fish with con's personally. Keep in mind, con's do breed like crazy, so keep in mind ideas of what to do with fry. ☺

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