What kind of bottom dwellers for a 55g cichlid tank

orang3julius

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WEll, i currently have a 55g african mbuna cichlid tank setup. currently with five labs and a common pleco, but i was wondering if there were any other kind of bottom dwellers i can have instead of plecos, because personally i think they are too sedintary and can get to a pretty big size. If there are other bottom dwellers possible to mix with mbunas then i would like to get more information about them; and please no plecos, sorry not trying to discrimnate :o
 
I think plecos are pretty much soft-water fish and mbunas are hard-water fish, so plecos wouldn't be a really good choice although they might adapt OK. There are probably some hard-water synodontis cats that would serve well, but I'm not sure which species.
 
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