Oddball/Predator for 36 gallon bow front

[Deadeye]

Deadeye , Kind of tough to get a cool little predator for that 36 gallon. Ive been playing musical tanks with my arrowhead puffer due to his lack of activity. I started him in a 65B, then put him in a 30, then moved him into a 46g planted bowfront and now decided back into a 30. My hairy will swim all over when Im in the room and actually uses her 65B to the full. But the problem with these puffs... no tankmates.

With all “monster” fish I currently have in tanks I actually am having more fun with a small community tank I started up. I really had never kept angels, tetras, gourami before, its always been large cichlid, bichirs and “monsters”. Sometimes the basic stuff can be the most rewarding.

Honestly that spells out my only reservation about the wolf. I remember having a piranha and always being upset with how little activity there was. Now that the tank has CA cichlids it is much more active. An Amazon puffer group is much more unpredictable and I could sit for hours watching it. More of a pain to care for though.

 

[DMD123]

Honestly that spells out my only reservation about the wolf. I remember having a piranha and always being upset with how little activity there was. Now that the tank has CA cichlids it is much more active. An Amazon puffer group is much more unpredictable and I could sit for hours watching it. More of a pain to care for though.

I had been considering a red wolf myself for a 65B but after seeing how big these can get I kind of worry the tank is a bit small. A buddy of mine FishBeast had one and Im sure that thing hit 8”+. He had it in a 75 before he was selling it and it looked pretty big.

 

[The Masked Shadow]

That is my thoughts as well.

 

[Deadeye]

Would a sen mess with Amazon puffers and skunk loaches? I assume it’s a bad idea if I have to ask.