Ismarts Tank (back from a long break)

[Ismart120]

Hello eveyone

Back from a bit of hiatus, shut down all but one 200 odd litre tank which recently went through some 'changes' (read; pne fish grew big and ate everything overnight, the jerk)

So bought a few completely new fish to me, never kept larger south america cichlids before:

And

This guy

Full tank as it stands (Bob also ate most of my plants)

Feel free to give your thoughts etc

[Ismart120]

Ok,

Some more specific questions: will a ghost knife fish eat angelicus loaches and/or get too big too fast for a 3 footer? Have some varying information on the final size (ranging from ~20cm to 60cm) - what have others had experiences with?

[Godly3vil]

They get way too big for a 3 foot tank, so does your plec and I think the ebjd as well.

[livingart]

they take a while to grow big

[Ismart120]

Cool, thats what I thought but just confirming

Jack is the one I'm keeping an eye out on - information around say the electric ones don't get as big as the normal type but yeah, will adjust this if it becomes a space issue

As for Steve (the pleco), He's already stunted and fully grown - found him on TM as an adult in a 40L (a little cube that meant he was always twisted around IIRC) tank over three years ago and hasn't grown any since except for putting on lotsa weight and regrowing his fins (but again, if he does decide to shoot up in size, I'm more than happy to adjust for this)

I know it'll always be a losing battle, but what plants have the best chance?