ideas... need ideas....

Hiya,

I posted a similar sort of thing to the cichlids group recently
so sorry for any overlap...

I'm trying to think of some new inhabitants for my 4ft tank.
It's 200 litres in size and currently has the following fish:

2 x 7" catfish who only come out at night
3 x clown loaches (who started out small and stuck together but
now are very different sizes and all hide in different caves
rather than together, and they don't come out except when hungry!)
Sizes roughly 2" 3" and 4".
2 x ickle danios
3 x old and battle-worn tiger barbs
4 x kribs
1 x ram

(a sort of haphazard mixture of fish I transferred to it when I
got the big tank, fish I've been given by people running out of
space, and the clown loaches which I bought specifically to live
in this tank!)

During the day, the only fish you see are the little fish.
At feeding time the clowns will join them.
At night, the catfish are out.
Although that sounds like a lot of fish there's not actually that
much activity.

I'm trying to think of what to do with the tank to change it and
make it a bit different. It's in the dining room so other people
see it too!

The danios will fit into another tank, and the barbs are fullgrown
and less enthusiastic than they used to be, so I don't know how
long they will hang about (although they surprise me!)

That leaves catfish, the loaches, and the kribs and ram, so my
first thought was whether a few more cichlids would be suitable,
and which ones - but I went to the fish shop yesterday and realised
just how many cichlids there are, and I know nothing about them!
I can't even recognise which are which or remember the names!
So some suggestions would be good, and then I can do some research,
learn the names, check the ID and then see if the shop has them

It doesn't *have* to be cichlids if anyone has any different ideas
- I just thought there are some fairly small ones, and they should
get along with my kribs I hope.

Some more info: the back half of the tank is planted, with bogwood
and caves as well - the front half is left as open swimming space.
The water is medium-hard and around pH 7.6. It's filtered with
a fluval 204 at one end, and a fluval 3 internal at the other.

Interesting ideas welcome!

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