Looking to Create a new Aquarium and need advice

Hi All, so I am new to aquariums. I have a 4foot tropical aquarium at the moment with the following fish in it :
Angels
Ancistrus
Cardinals
Phantoms - Black
Phantoms - Red
Sterbai Corys
Dwarf Cockatoos

I'd like to do another aquarium, but with different fish, possibly from a different region. Any ideas ?. My current aquarium is apparently a planted South American Amazon aquarium. Can you give me ideas of a different region to use and possibly what fish I'd be able to then put into it.

Thank you.

 

Well the most common answer will be
African fish

Mbunas
Peacocks
Haps
Shelldwellers
Kribensis
Frontosas
Calvus
Synodontis
Bicher

Lot of options with lot of colours...

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Thank you. Wow there are some stunners in that list. I didn't even consider African fish at first.

 

Just remember


They can get aggressive... Like really aggressive

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When you say aggressive ? - what you mean ?. Should I only choose from a certain lot ?. Or only choose particular ones in your list that would be compatible ?

 

My sunset yellow peacock ate his female....

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Oh my gosh. Okay that is aggressive then

 

What size tank do you think I'd require to do an African aquarium without too much aggression ?

 

The bigger wil always be better

Dwarves in a 2 foot like the multifasciatus
Peacocks and mbunas in 4ft
Haps and lake tangenyika fish will be best in bigger tanks

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Welcome to tasa!

So maybe to try help you figure out what to go with, we can try either figure out what the biggest size tank you want and then decide what fish to keep based on that size, or if size won't be an issue, you can decide on the fish you like, maybe pick from that list from @CJ43 which 1 species you like the most and plan the tank and tank mates around that particular species

 

I really do like the look of the Kribensis fish. I am thinking ideally another 4 foot, but might consider a 6 foot. What are the standard dims of a 6 foot ?

 

Thanks man. Yeah I recently got a 4 foot tank which has been setup Amazon with Angels, cardinals, phantoms, sterbai corys, ancistrus and dwarf cockatoos. loving it. But I do think I should have gone 6foot. Lol. So I am wanting to do something completely different with my second one.

 

Would love to see some pictures of that tank!
Haha that's always the issue with this hobby. Our current tank/s are never big enough

 

Here is my setup.

 

Great tank

 

Thanks man. Was setup professionally for me from the shop I bought it from. Loving it