Whats in your 55 tank?

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I was just curious on fish selection in 55g tanks. If anyone would like to mention what is in their tank and why, go for it! :)

As for me.....Im new, I dont have anything to speak of.
 
I have recently switched from a cichlid tank (convicts) to a community. So you can imagine I went for quite a variety after only having 1 type of fish for so long.

I currently have:
3 blue gouramis
2 angelfish
4 zebra danios
8 sunburst coral platys
3 corys
1 CAE

That's all for now, maybe after I finish out the decor I will add a few more. :D

EDIT: By the way, if anyway has a comment about my fish types (good or bad) I'd like to hear. Thanks
 
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Hmmm.. well in one of my 55 gallons I have 4 Fancy Goldfish and a snail.

In my other 55 gallon I have native fish.
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You can keep a snail with them? I've always tried to keep snails with my goldfish to clean the tank, then one day the goldfish would figure out how to kill them and eat them all! It really was like buying them expensive fresh food. I had up to 4 goldfish in a 45 gallon tank at a time. I tried to buy a few snails at a time to control algae. Fortunately, the fish usually ate the snails after they did a pretty good job removing the algea ;)
 
One 55g holds a pair of Protomelas spilonotus and a pair of lemon jake peacocks, the other 55g holds a group of Labidochromis caeruleus, a group of Melanochromis parallelus, a group of Psuedotropheus demasoni and 4 Neolamprologus cylindricus.

The cylindricus and the Protos are going in one of my 125g's pretty soon. I'm trying to get the diets and temperments better matched to each other.
 
Well, as of now:

7 Rainbow Celebes
2 pearl gouramis
4 ong fin white skirt tetras
4 neons
7 glowlights
8 cories
9 otos
1 danio
1 cherry barb
shrimp
1 female betta

Its a heavily planted tank.

I hope to be setting up a new 55g with some fish I currently have (and adding some more)
1 Angelfish
yoyo loaches
pictus
rainbow fish
(congo tetras, maybe)
otos
 
Becky, it depends on the personality your Goldfish holds. Some are more curious (aggressive?) than others. I've never had a goldfish who ate snails. Maybe mine are boring or not into checking things out. On a side note, my goldfish do not dig up plants like some report. I've never had those problems thank God. ;)
 
Hmmm lets see

1 kennyi cichlid
2 blood parrots
6 serpae tetra
6 pristella tetra
4 glass fish
3 neons
2 pl*cos
4 crawfish
3 red claw crabs

setting up a new 55 not sure what it will have at this point - lots of live plants for sure
 
1 Panaque nigrolineatus-Royal Pleco
1 Bristlenose Pleco
Approximately 30 mixed swordtails-self sustaining population
1 Mesonauta festivus
3 SAE

E. cordifolius
V. americana
B.monneri
C. wendti
 
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