I said that stocking was ok for a 75 g, not a 55 g. Don't trying to be saying I said one thing when I said another. Crap like this makes me not want to help people. I thought you wanted to set up the tank properly, not just buy whatever looks cute and cram it in there. BP are messy, high bioload fish.i thought a blood parrot would be ok. atleast thats what lab_rat said. i wont introduce all fish at once then. i thought i could since i already have seeded flters, but ill wait. ive never heard of cichlids picking out plecos eyes and toddnbecka keep bristlenose with their cutteri pairs. blood parrots arent able to pick out there eyes bc of the shape of their mouths.
If you are going to keep the BP, it should be ok in a 55g with the cutteri pair and some dithers, but don't be getting any more cichlids for that tank. No angels, no sevs, no FM.
As far as cichlids picking out the eyes of plecs, it can happen but it's much more likely with mbuna. I have plecs in all of my cichlid tanks without issue, even with my jag.