Which Tanganyikan cichlids should I get for my 55g?

buffalo_775

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What are your suggestions for a tanganyikan stock list? I'm thinking some small compressiceps and other shellies, but maybe It'd need a few cave dwellers and some "surface" fish.

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green_fox

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Cyprichromis for your open water and once your compressiceps gets larger they will take up the rock work
 

jshill103

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im doing a pretty standard 55g tang tank too.. im getting cyps leptosoma, julidochromis transcriptus, lamprologus multifasciatus
 

buffalo_775

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im doing a pretty standard 55g tang tank too.. im getting cyps leptosoma, julidochromis transcriptus, lamprologus multifasciatus
Yeah, I'm thinking I may end up getting cyps, as they are some of the more desireable open water fish, and some shell dwellers (though I believe multies would be too small)

Unfortunately the easiest to get cichlid is Julies, but I just don't like them...
 
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