28 Gallon Bowfront, need suggestions please!!

Are you thinking of shellies then? If so, aragonite (sand or very small grain) is ideal because they like to dig. N. brevis are pair forming and share a shell (you need shells - escargot shells from gourmet grocers work great) - 2-3 pairs would be max for the tank and you could have some hard water happy schooling fish up top, N. multifasciatus are colony forming and hard to tell apart, but luckily they like each other if from the same dealers tank - so try and get the largest two plus four small ones (likely 2 males and a female) but no up top tankmates - they attack other fish in waves (so, they're not just bulldozers with fins, but mean bulldozers with fins...they'll bite your fingers, or at least try to since they're only 1.5", long when you clean the tank). Brevis tend to mostly leave plants alone, multis will dig up anything and arrange it to their liking (they're bulldozers with fins - you can wake up after smoothing up the gravel to find all of it shoved off to one side of the tank).

If you're thinking of the SA fish or African riverine I listed...they'll be happier with all your plants.

Eric
 
Oops - cross posted (i.e. - you hit post before I finished typing)!

Bolivians are great. Get 4 and they'll probably be fine in your tank (they're fairly social) and they're fighting is very mild mannered (mostly bluffing) for cichlids. Any dither/schooling fish is fine with them. Heck, any fish is fine with them. They're also very interested in you...not shy like many dwarf cichlids are.

Also, don't be discouraged by their drab colors at the LFS...they too color up nicely with time. Not as colorful as blue rams (they'd win many FW beauty contests), but lovely in their own right.

Eric
 
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Sweet. Will a common pleco be ok in there? I only ask because I have a very small one in another tank, in which he will not make it with the cons, JD, and Firemouths once they're in. Well, he'll make a nice snack.

So far, I like the idea of the 4 bolivians (2 of each sex) and a few other little guys for color. Would be perfect in that tank.

Thanks to all!!!
 
no to the common plec..even the smallest common will be too large.
opt for a BN or oto's.

oto's have been known to latch on to the side of a ram..but when they try..they findout real quick how mean a ram can get...LOL

I have had good luck with BN's they leave my cichlids alone..
 
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