FishBen Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Today I ordered a 100L tank to be made. My plan is to fill it with a ton of plants, a plecostomus and/or some cories. I also would like to get a single (or several, if inexpensive)... Odd fish, something a bit different. I was originally planning on getting an elephant nose but I read up on them and found they can grow FAR too large for my planned tank. Preferably a peaceful fish, and something that won't spend all it's time hiding (like eel's do :evil: ). And if possible not horrendously expensive :oops: So.. Looking for suggestions, help me out guys By the way, tank dimensions are; 70 long, 36 back to front, 40 high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshlikesfish Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Puffers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBen Posted September 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Puffers? I had thought about puffers, but they tend to be really aggressive and didn't want to go for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 A school of glass catfish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBen Posted September 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 A school of glass catfish? Already have some in a different tank :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Maybe some leaf fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBen Posted September 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Maybe some leaf fish? Never heard of them, so good suggestion I'll read up on them now, any idea if anyone sells them? i hope you aren't making sport of me btw :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Nah, lol Nandus nandus is a species of leaf fish allowed in NZ and some people on the 2 forums have them...otherwise not sure what other kinds are available but you could enquire with HFF. Also pantadon butterfly, or hatchet fish (if you consider that oddball), or bumblebee gobies, or scarlet badis or some cool killifish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 These are the leaf fish i'm familiar with. What about blind cave fish? I've seen them in petstores here before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBen Posted September 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Nah, lol Nandus nandus is a species of leaf fish allowed in NZ and some people on the 2 forums have them...otherwise not sure what other kinds are available but you could enquire with HFF. Thanks Also pantadon butterfly, or hatchet fish (if you consider that oddball), or bumblebee gobies, or scarlet badis or some cool killifish. Local fish store has pantadon's but whenever I see them they are floating in the corner looking dead, and the first time I saw them I told the lfs lady that she had dead fish in her tank! :oops: I wouldn't really consider hatchet oddball, I thought gobbies required brackish water, and I will look into killies, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Sorry, one more suggestion: Mono Sebae Yes, Monos and bumblebee gobies are brackish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBen Posted September 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 These are the leaf fish i'm familiar with. Wow they look awesome!! 8) What about blind cave fish? I've seen them in petstores here before. I saw these but they look really erm, ugly :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBen Posted September 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Sorry, one more suggestion: Mono Sebae I read they can grow up to 10" Way too big for my tank edit - Had a look at Scarlet badis, they look very, very cool. Any idea what the price range would be though, was recomended to keep in semi large schools and couldn't really afford that if they are like $50 each :lol: :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBen Posted September 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Nah, lol Nandus nandus is a species of leaf fish allowed in NZ and some people on the 2 forums have them...otherwise not sure what other kinds are available but you could enquire with HFF. Are these the only ones that are available in New Zealand? I just read they can grow up to 8 inches Edit; sorry re-read your post, have sent email to HFF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 These are the leaf fish i'm familiar with. Did some of them come in?? IIRC they were supposed to come in with the first lot of Nandus but ended up being something else. I don't recall seeing them here in recent years, if at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 mono polys came in as well. That was when nandus nandus was here last; think it was this time last year. bit longer maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 mono polys came in as well. Are you sure? I know Monocirrhus polyacanthus was supposed to come in, but the ones I saw were incorrectly named. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 I saw a couple. They certainly looked like it to me. Didn't do a rigorous search though. got confusing because both species were being sold as leaf fish and were imported at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBen Posted September 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Asked HFF and they only have nandus nandus, and I doubt they'd be happy in my 100L tank >. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 I saw a couple. They certainly looked like it to me. Didn't do a rigorous search though. The ones I saw didn't have any barbels and after looking through the Axelrod with the guys at HFF we decided it was an asian species. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oscnz Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 I have some red eye puffers that will be happy as im your tank everyone says they are agressive but they arnt as long as you have plenty of hiding spots, my ones are about as agressive as rams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBen Posted September 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 I have some red eye puffers that will be happy as im your tank everyone says they are agressive but they arnt as long as you have plenty of hiding spots, my ones are about as agressive as rams As long as you're sure they won't kill each other.. I might be interested, it was $25 each and $23 for shipping to Nelson right? I'd like to get two if that's OK, preferably the least aggressive two of the three, would get more but I fear my 100L would only be suitable for two and three is a bit out of price range :lol: :lol: As I said at the start of the thread, getting tank made now, but it won't be finished until early next week ( :roll: ) and I'll have to wait for tank to cycle (got plenty of tanks to seed bacteria from so won't take tooo long) so I wouldn't be able to buy them until the end of next week-ish (give or take a few days), would that be OK? Edit: Do you think one would be happy by itself? I was kinda reluctent to ask for just one because I figured it would be quite lonely, but I'm also quite worried about their aggression so yeah, lol. If anyone here can give me some advice would be greatly appreciated as my only (puffer) experience is with my two dwarf puffers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruju Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Choices for suitable oddballs: Small eel (peacock), Black ghost knife (for a while-will need to upgrade though), Butterfly fish, puffers, badis badis, leaf fish... not really that much else oh yeah, albino sens. Upgrade to 200L and you can keep some bichirs. Anything such as a arowana, datnoid, ornate bichir, GG which count for most of the oddballs and you will need something more substantial. IMO go for a small group of butterfly fish, lazy on their own but add a few and I think they are bit more entertaining. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishBen Posted September 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Choices for suitable oddballs: Small eel (peacock), Black ghost knife (for a while-will need to upgrade though), Butterfly fish, puffers, badis badis, leaf fish... not really that much else oh yeah, albino sens. Upgrade to 200L and you can keep some bichirs. Anything such as a arowana, datnoid, ornate bichir, GG which count for most of the oddballs and you will need something more substantial. IMO go for a small group of butterfly fish, lazy on their own but add a few and I think they are bit more entertaining. Thanks for the suggestions Local LFS has butterflys at 80$ ea, couldn't really afford a group of them :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquila Posted September 7, 2010 Report Share Posted September 7, 2010 Did some of them come in?? IIRC they were supposed to come in with the first lot of Nandus but ended up being something else. I don't recall seeing them here in recent years, if at all. I haven't seen these here yet but used to see them in Canada all the time. Since I know Nandus nandus made it here, i thought maybe other species of leaffish may also have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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