I used to have 14 tanks up and running. As I lost fish and consolidated tanks, I've gotten myself down to a more manageable five. I'm interested in setting up one more tank, a 30 gallon long that I have stored in my closet. I have two options that I am considering for this tank.

Option 1:
I haven't had much luck with Apistos but I was thinking of giving them another shot, specifically the A. cacatuoides. I was leaning towards keeping one or two males with multiple females. Other tankmates would include a school of cardinal or neon tetras and an Ancistrus.

This tank will be peat filtered.

Option 2:
Threadfin rainbows. This would basically be a species only tank with perhaps some Kuhli loaches as he only other residents.


Thoughts? All suggestions will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Bryan