fish recommendation for 36x18x18

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hey guys, my bristlenose cats are moving out and im hoping to replace them with an attractive cichlid of some sort. dont necissarily ahve a to large, just attractive. if i cant get a shoal of any kind together im jsut goign to stock it with rainbow fish :)
thanx guys
justin
 
If you want to go with a large group of cichlids, I would say to go with africans. You can keep many in a tank that size and they are VERY colorful. I'm sorry to tell you that I know nothing about africans as I only keep CA/SA cichlids.

The africans will be way better than rainbows IMO.
 
african's being, malawi, tanganyika?
i was looking at calvus, would they be ok in there ?
 
Personally I would go with two pairs of german blue rams or a couple of trios of shell dwellers. both have very unique behavior and both very beautiful. JMO
 
From what I have read, shell dwellers are ok, and so are most of the julidochromis species. In fact, I am considering to setup a mix of one of the shell dwellers and one of the julidochromis in a 33g tank which is only 36"x12".
 
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