looking for gentle giant

[Samantha_p]

I'm looking for a fish that will grow at least 12" for my 150 gal tank. I was gonna get a paco but I heard they will go after my other fish and everone tells me oscars are to dangerous for a community tank, I got 4 goldies,4 angels,6 platys, 2 plecos. is their a big giant out their
that will get along with the others

 

[exodon king]

Giant gourami
TFB
SD
RHSD

 

[Aquarium1]

Whats a TFB, SD and RHSD?

 

[exodon king]

Tin foil barb
Silver dollar
Red hook silver dollar

Related to the pacu, but they're vegetarians.
There are a few other types of SD (spotted, black bar, etc) but the two above are the ones that are readily available.

 

[Aquarium1]

Ahh thanks. I knew what a silver dollar is just didn't think about it being abbreviated tht way lol. I didn't know there were different kinds tho.

 

[exodon king]

Yeah there's a few out there. Certain ones, like the black bar SD, are pretty rare to find, and will be kind of expensive, but they make a great addition to a tank.

 

[Aquarium1]

I googled the spotted ones, turns out I've seen em before, just thot tht was normal lol.
After some more googling I found this: PALHS Online Community Forum - View Single Post - Silver dollar

 

[Etunes]

I am getting a fire eel. It grows about 36" and have alot of personality. They will eat smaller fish that can fit in there mouth though. There are other varioties that are smaller when full grown but all still over 12".

Freshwater Eels and Eel-like Fishes, Families: Anguillidae, Moringuidae, Mastacembelidae, Synbranchidae, and Gymnotidae

 

[ManInAHat73]

You could go with a BGK. I had one and it was the most peaceful fish in my tank. They grow to be about 25". They have a great personality as well.

 

[JustOneMore20]

Severums are usually ok if you keep one singly...won't get 12" but maybe 8ish. They look nice too. If you have live plants, I would skip Severums...they like to destroy plants sometimes.

 

[Samantha_p]

You could go with a BGK. I had one and it was the most peaceful fish in my tank. They grow to be about 25". They have a great personality as well.

what's a bgk

 

[ManInAHat73]

Black Ghost Knife

 

[Etunes]

Remember that most of these fish being suggested are very peacful and grow large but are predatory in the fact that if a fish can fit in there mouth they might just have it for dinner.