55 stocking advice and short body fish questions

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MChorse13

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i have this empty 55 gallon and was thinking of stocking it with
1-delhezi
1-sengul
1-2 brown knife
how does that sound?
or i know of a lfs that has differnt short bodied fish like green terror and jack dempsy (i think it was jack dempsy)but anyways, since they are short bodied does that mean the dont need the same tank requirement as if it was full bodied?
 
cant answer ur Q about shortbodies but the delhezi sen and an ABK sounds great - maybe add a firemouth or something in to the mix instead of multiple ABK
 
1-delhezi
1-sengul
1-2 brown knife

sounds great! you could even add a small school of silver dollars ( think those are the ones that stay smaller ) and add a smaller cichlid of some sort. like a firemouth ( love mine! )
 
NCStateFisher;4585665; said:
cant answer ur Q about shortbodies but the delhezi sen and an ABK sounds great - maybe add a firemouth or something in to the mix instead of multiple ABK
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can i just add the fire mouth with out loosing the brown knife if i over filter the tank? right now im running an odyssea cfs500 but i can add a emperor 280 o maybe a hot magnum if my bro gets that canister hes been wanting
 
i've heard ABK can get a little nippy with each other as they grow large even though they like to school young, i'd stick with one
 
hmm... i mean convicts are an option not my favorite though, i'd say green terror or JD but i know most people on here say you should have at least a 75 for those
 
thats why i asked about the shot bodied ones my lfs has some in right now.a female jd might work they generally stay smaller or so i have heard. as for convicts ive allways had a soft spot for them maybe thats another option
 
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