how many cichlids can i have in a 55 gallon tank?

[thesoul2008]

2 Male peacock cichlids
1 Female peacock cichlids
5 Sucker catfish
20 Guppies
7 snails

In a 55 gallon tank do you think it would be ok to put another 2 females in there, it looks like there is plenty of room i just thought i would see what you think before i did it.

 

[thesoul2008]

also do you think i can put blue claw yabbies in there or red claw crayfish or is this a bad idea (sorry i am new so i dont know much)

 

[JoeQuality]

The crayfish will try to catch any slow or small, sleeping fish so be mindful of that

 

[Rbishop]

Can you post some better full side view shots of the fish....?

 

[thesoul2008]

they are about 10cm

 

[thesoul2008]

http://au.youtube.com/thesoul2008 this might give you a little better idea its a little video i made about 3 days ago

 

[dent20]

I wouldn't expect the guppies to last with cichlids. You can fit about 10 peacocks in a 55 gallon. I have six in a 55 along with other Africans and they're all close to full grown.

 

[thesoul2008]

ok thanks ill get a few more then cant wait now i just need to find out where i can get some females from and i will be right anyone know??? can you buy fish online??? i live in the middle of australia so everything here is very limited all we can get at the pet shop is males and if i get to many they will kill each other so if anyone knows where i can get some females PLEASE TELL ME

 

[dent20]

I think a lot of people keep all male tanks. I have mine in pairs because I was told the females help them color up, plus the females are pretty colorful themselves and are cheap. Do you know what kind of peacocks those are that you have?

 

[thesoul2008]

i think they are Aulonocara hansbaenschi i am trying to find out