Stocking my new 100gal

[Glassvirtuoso]

Finally, I've got my first big tank! I'm so incredibly excited. The cycling is done, the plants are in. Now it's just a matter of figuring out what to put in it!

My boyfriend and I have our hearts set on an armored bichir (polypterus delhezi) after seeing a batch of juvies at our LFS. This pretty severely limits tank mates as this guy will probably get around a foot long and will eat anything that will fit in its mouth.

So far, we're considering a couple sajicas (T-Bar cichlid), a couple honduran red points, our existing pearl gourami, an african spotted leaf fish, maybe a couple angels, and we're researching south american puffers (BIG "if" on that one, they're fin nippers).

Are there any neat fish (over 5") you might suggest for this set up?

 

[Fishkeeper26]

You could try some sort of medium pleco, like a royal pleco. A common might be pushing it but maybe you could get away with it

 

[redruckus]

gold royal plecos are super cool and they can defend them selfs from any other fish but are not agressive and they are an efficent algea eater.... or a gibbicept same deal but they get a bit bigger 10" or so

 

[alLexX]

You could try some sort of medium pleco, like a royal pleco. A common might be pushing it but maybe you could get away with it

how big do royal plecs get? saw tiny ones at my LFS and they are really cute

a striped raphael cat may work,they get around 8 inches i think and are covered in spikes

 

[Glassvirtuoso]

I was thinking about the raphael cat. It's not recommended to have plecos and bichirs because sometimes the plecos attached themselves to the bichirs body and can damage/stress them out.

 

[Fishkeeper26]

how big do royal plecs get? saw tiny ones at my LFS and they are really cute

a striped raphael cat may work,they get around 8 inches i think and are covered in spikes

About a foot from what I've found online