fish recommendation for 36x18x18

[ChEeRs_BiG_EaRs]

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

[GT3050]

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.

[ChEeRs_BiG_EaRs]

african's being, malawi, tanganyika?
i was looking at calvus, would they be ok in there ?

[cichlidiot]

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

[JSchmidt]

That tank would be too small for most varieties of african cichlids. Shell dwellers would be a good choice, though.

Jim

[yhbae]

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".

[valerie]

I would only stick with one type of shell dweller. Some are colony formers like N.multies, that would be really cool to watch this behaviour in a larger tank.