55g Head Banger?

[cichlidfish]

how would you guys setup a community tank......Ideas on stocking?

A few 6'' cichlids. Like convicts, firemouths, cutteri, or rainbows. Also a small school of smaller tetras, barbs, or livebarers.
A 55g is too small for a "glass banger", because those fish are larger and more aggressive. They can only be community fish in LARGE tanks.

 

[BreakDown]

Well if i went with the community idea could i stocki this?
2 firemouths
2 male cons (pink and striped)
1 catfish
1 jack dempsey

 

[thorzep]

male grammode

 

[[enjoyable_attempt]]

I keep one Green Terror in my 55 now, He has 3 large lava rocks in the tank and thats about it. I love him!!!!! He has so much personality, when I come up to the tank he comes up to me and starts wagging his tail. And when I feed him, he practicly jumps out of the tanks and grabs the pellets from my hands. Hes a beautiful fish and I would highly suggest getting one. You wont regret buying one.

 

[BreakDown]

oooooooo man i am so confused

 

[BreakDown]

if i bought three small GT's...would i have a good chance of gettin a male?

 

[BreakDown]

which stock sounds better

option 1
1 Firemouth
1 convict
1 jack dempsey
1 pictus catfish

option 2
1 firemouth
1 convict
1 pictus
1 green terror

option 3
2 firemouths
2 male cons
1 jewel
1 pictus
schools of danios, barbs, tetras

option 4
1 Green Terror OR Red Devil

 

[cichlidfish]

Option 1 or 3 minus the pictus. I say that because they are very senative, and hard to keep. They like to school too.

 

[fishkeeper25]

which stock sounds better

option 1
1 Firemouth
1 convict
1 jack dempsey
1 pictus catfish

option 2
1 firemouth
1 convict
1 pictus
1 green terror

option 3
2 firemouths
2 male cons
1 jewel
1 pictus
schools of danios, barbs, tetras

option 4
1 Green Terror OR Red Devil

they are all good choices just pick one.(red devil has to be a female so i dont recomed it)and for the green teror from experience i find the the more colorful and darker ones turn out to be males, if they have very light or no color they usully turn out too be females imo

 

[big_tank_boy]

with all cichlids it depends on the fish that u gets personality. they could be skittish or really bold and want to stay out and eat when u come up 2 the tank. For the com stocking id go with like 4 firemouths (2 pairs) and maybe one of the smaller plecos. but if ur gona hve the 2 pairs u have to aquascape it right.........