looking for the perfect cichlid for my new set up

Hi everyone,

I have recently set up a 30gal hex tank, the tank is 24 in tall and about 18 across. Right now I have 6 danios and 8 white clouds in it. Eventually I want to get a pair of cichlids , as I just can't imagine having a tank without any cichlids at all. Any suggestions? I'm thinking maybe Keyholes, or would the tank be too small. I have a Bov Ram with an ap nijsseni in my 45 gal (used to be two bov rams but the larger ones kept picking on the smaller one so smaller ones now lives peacefully with my male guppies in a 20 gal) I also plan to add some cory's and 1 bn pleco to the tank. Any other cichlid suggestions would be appreciated. Right now the ph is 6.6 and its planted. the tank has only been set up over a month. I did use media from another tank, mixture of old and new gravel, mixture of new and water from other tank, etc so haven't seen a major spike so far. But I'm still going to wait another month before I add more fish. The fish in there now were transfered over a few at a time as I wanted to make some changes to my larger community tank.

thanks for listening
dianne

thank you, I think a keyhole pair would be nice. I heard they are very gentle for a cichild. Have to really think about the pleco, i really do love them as well. All my tanks seem to end up with at least one.