A native Pumpkinseed fish would be cool also. I don't think they eat plants and would be large enough for your big tank. Susan On Dec 18, 2009, at 11:14 PM, Matt Staroscik wrote: > Thanks for the ideas, I'm not familiar with some of those and will have to > look them up. > > Right now, I just have 3 clown loaches, 2 blue botia, a couple of plecos, 1 > bolivian ram, 1 ameca splendens, and a gold algae eater. Only the ameca > splendens ventures to mid-water or higher so the tank looks really empty. > (Well, the clown loaches have learned to go hang out in the floating log. > LOG!) > > MS > > On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 2:09 PM, <naturalart@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> >> On Friday, December 18, 2009, at 07:58 AM, >> gsas-member-request@thekrib.com wrote: >> >> Any ideas for what to replace them with? I was thinking about bosemani >>> rainbows but I'm open to anything... that doesn't eat plants or murder >>> fish! >>> >> >> Hey Matt, I don't remember all what you had in your tank but some possible >> upper and middle water candidates could be in the tetra group: Moenkhausia >> pitteri (silver tetra) or M. sanctaefilomenae. Thayeria obliqua >> ( the less aggressive cousin of the penguin tetra), and the slightly more >> boisterous Hemigrammis caudovittatus (Buenos Aires tetra). Pink tail >> chalceus (Chalceus macrolepidotus) dont move around alot and are medium >> sized predators. I agree with Steev that rasboras are also a very good >> candidate, they're hardy and easy to take care of. R. borapetensis or R. >> trilineata among others would be good. And if your into slow moving, more >> 'elegant' fish, a good medium sized gourami might fit the bill. Again, I say >> all this not knowing what you have in your tank. Good Luck >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GSAS-Member mailing list >> GSAS-Member@thekrib.com >> http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member >> > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member