I am just setting up a new 60 gallon i am waiting for the water to cycle for a little and testing it everyday. I know thats over kill but its my first tank so i am excited. I am wondering what do you recommend stocking this tank with. i want cichlids and a pretty big community of fish so i figured since africans are smaller they would be better. I also want clown loaches so the ph would be pretty low for the"ideal." ph of africans cichlids. Can i mix africans and make a community tank that needs to be a lower ph to make it possible to mix these fish. I want they beautiful colors of the cichlids but there needs are hard to combine other freshwater fish. can i make the ph 7.0-7.3 and have the cichlids be able to survive and thrive? please help, also maybe some suggestions on better ways to stock my tank i am open to ideas.