a really agressive african cichlid
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remember though the idea is not to put fish together that will fight...that's just going to end in tears.
I agree with Coler, some time ago I wanted an extremely aggressive tank thinking it would be cool (kinda like having pretty looking piranha tank), but after you either lose a few fish (and some of these africans are not cheap) or witness constant beat downs where a whole group is either bullying one fish into hiding ALL the time or one bully taking over the whole tank sending the group of less dominant fish into a corner where they spend all of their time hiding and avoiding getting ripped you'd have second thoughts and would more than likely seek out the less aggressive species to come as close to a "peaceful community tank" as possible.
You need more than 4 others in the tank - at least another 10 or so. The particular kind of fish we are talking about require that much in order to prevent one fish from taking over the tank and trying to kill everything else.
A group of 6 mbuna is not stable in any tank. A group of 6 mbuna in a 30 gallon will kill each other. That's why you need the 50 Gallon.
A group of 6 mbuna is not stable in any tank. A group of 6 mbuna in a 30 gallon will kill each other. That's why you need the 50 Gallon.
might also want to rethink a 55g pleco/clown loach/platy tank. the platies would be fine, as would smaller types of plecos, but clown loaches and common plecos get far too large for 55g. there are many smaller species of loaches that would be good choices though.
Sorry, can't believe I missed this. Tall tank, confine yourself to the two fish you have now plus 3 of the groups discussed in post 19 above.
