55 gal.

[Fishfiles1]

now i have to get the 55. gal. so what could i put in there, no rams or dwarfs, i like color and activity, i was thinking one firemouth and a jd anything els, this is just if i dont do africans

 

[jpappy789]

no jd, not a good mix with the fm in the long run IMO

 

[Fishfiles1]

what would be a nice setup for that. like 2 firemouths, a severum, and somthing els

 

[jbn521]

I have a firemouth, convict, rainbow cichlid, red tail shark, and some rosy barbs as dithers and everyone gets along fine. The firemouth is the boss in the tank, but he never does anything more than the occasional chase to show whos in charge.

 

[Fishfiles1]

that sounds good, i was going to repost anyway, so i have to get this tank, and i was thinking
1 redtailed black shark
1 firemouth
1 other med cichlid
1 severum
and some dithers
what do you think

 

[Lupin]

Perhaps a keyhole or festivum as the other cichlid? What dithers do you plan to keep? Congos, giant danios and spotted silver dollars work.

 

[Fishfiles1]

i was thinking of maybe some type of barb

 

[jbn521]

Australian rainbows make good dithers too. Blue acara is a good med cichlid to maby think about as well.

 

[Fishfiles1]

well some people told me that the green sevrum will out grow the tank, is this true, so what about 2 fire mouths
1 salvini
1 festivum are these red terrors?
if not the festivum the jack dempsy
or maybe a convict

 

[pugwash]

2 FM's plus either 1 female Sal (males not as pretty imo) OR 1 JD
OR
2 FM's plus Sal plus Con


I'd try to get a breeding pair of FM's first, then the Sal/JD will act as free control (assuming dithers don't assist in the culling). Get 6 FM's - let pair/s develop and pull the unwanted one's out. Add the Sal/JD and the pair will then have a common threat to defend.
Dither's can be added with the FM group (or before) - will help settling them in. Get larger dither's if going with a JD. Barb's may be picked off at night when sleeping - this is when most dither's disappear too.