Stocking 65 gallon with cichlids.

[SickCity]

Hi everybody.
I will be buying a 65gallon tank in a few weeks.
I know there will be 2 Blue Acara in there, they currently reside in my 30 gallon.
So which cool, beautiful medium sized cichlids is gonna work in a 65gallon with 2 Acara?

[user_name]

labs?

[user_name]

maybe convicts too

[fish-n-chips]

I'd stay away from lab's and any other old world cichlids. Firemouths, cons come to mind off hand. I'd shy away from conspecifics though.

[toddnbecka]

Blue acara aren't a very aggressive species, so you really want to mix them with other relatively mellow cichlids. Angels should work, or some smaller Geophagus. Incidentally, is it a 36" wide tank?