Got my hands on a 37g tall with cabinet stand and am looking to set it up in my room as a display tank. Not much room for it elsewhere... lol...

Since it's tall, I know it won't be great for more african cichlids, so what exactly can I put in there?

I'm starting to like Discus after seeing Fern's... but am cash poor and not ready to spend a few hundred to acquire a few nice specimens.

I'm thinking some nice angels and something for the bottom area - like apistogrammas...? They are very nice, as I have recently discovered...

Any other suggestions?

I believe the measurements of the tank are 30"x12"x22".

Same footprint as a 29g, but about 5-6" higher.

Victorians. Conservaton! Help out a species that is in need of reproduction.

I've got some fulus in a 29g now, and have two more groups in the works, but the only way they utilize the top half of the tank is because I have a rainbow shark in there now who has claimed their caves...

he is being removed soon, he is chasing them all away...

i'm scared he may stress my holding female or try to take her fry from her... if that's even possible?

so wouldn't it be a waste of space?

I just turned around and saw my male fulu in full color for the first time, and he is chasing away the females... ?! is he trying to act dominant in front of the shark or trying to impress the females?

yea make into a SW tank!
you wont be disapointed!

thanks for the suggestions, but no SW anytime soon... way too much money and work for what I can handle right now.

Keep the suggestions coming please!

Planted tank with one angel and a school of tetras and corys.

That sounds great Jill!

If only I can improve my green thumb and actually get plants to grow well, and that big! nearly 2' tall!

That would look awesome!

What kind of tetras and what kind of corys??? hmmm...

suggestions?

I would say maybe cardinals, or the white finned rosy tetras I like so much, or pristela tetras, or ember tetras, or...

and corys... hmmm...

this is fun...

Just about any small community tetra and just about any cory.... The one angel would be your centerpiece fish. I say one because any more would fight unless they are a pair.
Just look at PH, GH and temp when your figuring out what you want in there.
I will help you with the plants, most of the ones in lfs are farm raise and go into shock when put in tanks and half of them die.... So its not just you!

breed your fish and use the tank for raising the fry

Thats also a good idea.