What are some cool looking fish i can get for my african cichlid tank? Im trying to get some ideas.
cool fish for 55 g
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Well, your 55, if its the one your using as your signature seems to be pretty well stocked anyway. Just look around the net a bit, what looks cool to some of us may not to you, just find somethin ya like and then do a bit of research on it to see if it would go with your tank.
African tanks aren't usually good tanks for some of the weirder species of fish. They should really be kept as "species tank", but by that i mean only really fish from the lake you chose and maybe some bottom dwellers.
What do yo uconsider cool?
What do yo uconsider cool?
I always favored the Malawi Haps most and never really liked the Mbuna/Zebras....
It's been years (about 15) since I kept Africans, but I always loved the Peacocks (Aulonocara), Electric blues, Electra, Venustus, Livinstoni, Frontosa, Fenestratus, Burtoni, Moorii, Similis, Compressiceps, Rhodesii and some of the Tropheus varieties...
It's been years (about 15) since I kept Africans, but I always loved the Peacocks (Aulonocara), Electric blues, Electra, Venustus, Livinstoni, Frontosa, Fenestratus, Burtoni, Moorii, Similis, Compressiceps, Rhodesii and some of the Tropheus varieties...
You may take it as negative but i'm just warning you. MSot of those fish get big, too big for a 55g.
ALl your questions could be answered if you jsut did a bit of research. Look through all the african cichlid sites and almost all the questions you have asked here would have been answered. Each fish has different needs and with africans the hard part if finding fish that mesh into a relatively peaceful tank. The only way to figure out which fish you think it best for your taste and tank is to do reaseach.
ALl your questions could be answered if you jsut did a bit of research. Look through all the african cichlid sites and almost all the questions you have asked here would have been answered. Each fish has different needs and with africans the hard part if finding fish that mesh into a relatively peaceful tank. The only way to figure out which fish you think it best for your taste and tank is to do reaseach.
i knwo what yo uare saying catlid, bt trust me, its for the best. valerie's advise is much more valuable as she is warning you so that you dont have a large dilemma later on. id much prefer her negative advise than someone that knows nothing and comes along and says "sounds great, go 4 it".
just my 2 cents
Justin
just my 2 cents
Justin
You ask a question, then someone takes the time to answer it trying to give the best advice for the health and well being of your fish and you either dont' listen or call it negative.So what the point of asking for help if you dont' take the advide.
My comment wasn't meant to be negative i was stating most of those fish he said will get way too big for a 55g.Haps need large tanks since they are open water fish and like to cruise back and forth, Some of the haps he recommended get quite big and should be housed in somethign bigger then a 90g. The other ones like the frontosa shouldnt' be kept with mbuna and are more a species tank fish.
-from now on i wont' answer your questions
My comment wasn't meant to be negative i was stating most of those fish he said will get way too big for a 55g.Haps need large tanks since they are open water fish and like to cruise back and forth, Some of the haps he recommended get quite big and should be housed in somethign bigger then a 90g. The other ones like the frontosa shouldnt' be kept with mbuna and are more a species tank fish.
-from now on i wont' answer your questions