45 Gallon Change-Up

[ecal468]

I've got a 45 gallon that is 36" X 12" X 22". It is a community right now with a bunch of fish. Any neat fish that could make this their permanent home? Maybe a pair or a single specimen with great colors and attitude? I'd want them to be able to be their for life.

Thanks if there are any suggestions.

 

[rmcder]

Tall tank. Mix angels up high with something mild on the bottom - rams maybe. Or you could have thorichthys (firemouth, mixteco), cryptoheros (sajica, honduran red points), multispinosa, spinosissimus, keyholes. Using the first idea you could maybe have an angel pair and a ram pair. Otherwise, you're looking at 2-3 fish - 2 if it's a pair, 3 if you're going for small singles (and you're a little lucky).

 

[ecal468]

Right now I've got 2 angels, 2 rams, cardinals, cherry barbs, rubber lip pleco, 1 krib, and a few otos.

I might look into the firemouths though.

Thanks.

 

[ecal468]

Any Other Suggestions?

 

[ewok]

mmm i think if you want to still have cardinals later on larger cichlids are out of the question. i think even angels might snack on them. cichlids wise i was going to say that's probably enough for a tank your size...? rams are amazingly aggressive towards small cichlids of their size.

 

[ecal468]

O yea, I know about that. My friend is setting up a 55 and offered to buy my whole setup minus the gravel, heater, and filter. So I might have an empty tank soon. Just looking for some different options.

Thanks.