I have a 125 gallon with 2 diamondback terrapins, 3 blue acaras, 3 electric blue jacks, 1 pleco and 1 convict. All cohab really well and arent aggressive at all. My terrapins won't eat or chase ANYTHING live and are super docile, we can't even get them to eat bloodworms lol. What we are looking at is adding either an ornate bichir, Or a few discus or both. Has anyone heard of success with this or have any advice on it? Thanks in advance!
I wouldn't do bichirs to slow and blind to get away if need be. You say they're docile but ime never trust a turtle. Your other fish are fast enough to get away. Bichirs don't pay attention to others enough to know to run in time.
Thank you for the response. Any other large "eel like" fish in silver or blue you'd reccomend? If not were ok sticking with cichlids but would like a little more variety if possible.
Usually eel like fish aren't going to be the most active, and you would run into the same issues as polypterus with most eels. The only thing I could think of that may work is a knife fish, but preferably one that doesn't grow past 12". If you were to do this the best knife I can think of would be an african knife.
Your acaras are Electric Blue Acaras, not Blue Acaras.
Your acaras are Electric Blue Acaras, not Blue Acaras.
If your ok with hiders you can try spiny eels. Can't do lungfish would be worse than a poly cause their scales aren't as strong and they're more sluggish not to mention their size. Most eel type fish get really large honestly. Can try American eel, they seemed alert to me but not the most intelligent either back when I kept a few. They get large as well I believe unless you land a male. African knives may work as suggested above.
