Can't Find Species for 55 Gallon I Like

[twentyleagues]

Red congo puffers are awesome they are bright red agressive and predatory and get to about 6 inches.

Black ghost knife fish
Only usually get 10 inches in captivity enjoy planted aquariums

Silver datnoids only get 12 inches and would be fine in a 55 gallon

Short body red tail catfish 12 nches max awesome fish to keep.

Payara are very predatory and get 12 inches in captivity

Red bellied pirhana max size 12 inches insanely agredsive and will eat anything that comes into the tanj thats not a pirhana

J jacob_s please dont listen to this. Every statement is false I dont think even one is truth all the way through.
Bgk way bigger then that in captivity I can go get a video of one that 18" this weekend.
No 12" fish should ever be in a 55g.
I'll give him the puffer statement but sounds like you want more action then a ambush predator. Most of the time they are not red either.
How about exodons? Another good choice I saw above was apistos. Or you could do a small group of angels and let a pair develop and remove the rest stock it with a group of smaller tetras for dithers, some cories, some easy plants like Val and smaller swords or crypts( not biotype but easy).
As Hendre suggested let those guys guide you in a cichlid choice.
But I think you could also do a couple electric blue acara and some deeper body tetras like Columbian or Buenos Aires.

 

[Backfromthedead]

Red congo puffers are awesome they are bright red agressive and predatory and get to about 6 inches.

Black ghost knife fish
Only usually get 10 inches in captivity enjoy planted aquariums

Silver datnoids only get 12 inches and would be fine in a 55 gallon

Short body red tail catfish 12 nches max awesome fish to keep.

Payara are very predatory and get 12 inches in captivity

Red bellied pirhana max size 12 inches insanely agredsive and will eat anything that comes into the tanj thats not a pirhana

Don't follow this advice. These are not fish for a 55 gallon.

 

[Backfromthedead]

Hey everyone, I'm looking for some suggestions on a stocking list for my 55 tall. I feel as though every-time I find a species I would like to keep, I find out they're too big, too expensive, too rare, etc. lol. I really like Uaru amphiacanthoides and datnoids. Also like frontosas, but a Uaru-specific tank is my favorite stocking idea. (Unfortunately they all grow too big) Based on that, if anyone can suggest me a fish species/stocking list that I could keep, I would appreciate it. Barring a single predatory cichlid or an african cichlid tank.
Thank you.

I would look into severums, festivum, and some of the smaller andinoacara if you want to go south american. There are also several types of jewel cichlid and other african riverine cichlids that would fit that tank if you wanted to go the route of a congo/west african setup.

 

[duanes]

IMO a 55 is only a large enough tank to hold fish that top out at 5.5". Anything that gets larger is again, IMO, bad advice, and cruel and unusual punishment for those larger species, unless they are the type that just sit in one spot all day waiting to be fed.
There are a number of cichlids that would work in a 55 because they stay moderately sized.
Similar to Uaru, are Guianacara, and they would live copasetically with dwarf pike cichlids, and medium tetras as dither fish.

another similar looking smaller cichlid to the Panda Uaru is the keyhole cichlid, Cleithracara maronii.

Two of the Chromide cichlid species from India would make good choices for that size tank.
Etroplus maculatus (the orange chromide), and E canarensis (canarensis below)

The Etroplus would work well with some of the Indian Cyprinids as dither fish.

The smaller Acaras mentioned above are also good choices, I keep a dozen Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus (a Panamanian acara) in a 180 gal, but in a 55 you might only be able to do a a pair or trio, and only if they grew up as fry together.

I use tetras as dithers, and also keep a couple goby as tank mates.

BTW, I hate giving stocking advice, its like telling someone to choose what kind of meat to like, or to choose that blond over this brunette.
But I will say, I believe even my 180 gal, is too small for some species that have been previously recommended, as adult fish, anything that reaches relatively close to 18" is too large for my tank.

 

[twentyleagues]

IMO a 55 is only a large enough tank to hold fish that top out at 5.5". Anything that gets larger is again, IMO, bad advice, and cruel and unusual punishment for those larger species, unless they are the type that just sit in one spot all day waiting to be fed.
There are a number of cichlids that would work in a 55 because they stay moderately sized.
Similar to Uaru, are Guianacara, and they would live copasetically with dwarf pike cichlids, and medium tetras as dither fish.

another similar looking smaller cichlid to the Panda Uaru is the keyhole cichlid, Cleithracara maronii.

Two of the Chromide cichlid species from India would make good choices for that size tank.
Etroplus maculatus (the orange chromide), and E canarensis (canarensis below)

The Etroplus would work well with some of the Indian Cyprinids as dither fish.

The smaller Acaras mentioned above are also good choices, I keep a dozen Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus (a Panamanian acara) in a 180 gal, but in a 55 you might only be able to do a a pair or trio, and only if they grew up as fry together.
View attachment 1380977
I use tetras as dithers, and also keep a couple goby as tank mates.
View attachment 1380978
BTW, I hate giving stocking advice, its like telling someone to choose what kind of meat to like, or to choose that blond over this brunette.
But I will say, I believe even my 180 gal, is too small for some species that have been previously recommended, as adult fish, anything that reaches relatively close to 18" is too large for my tank.

I rehomed my teugelsi polys for that reason, and that they became super aggressive and predatory at about the 18" mark. I have ropes in the general size but its not quite the same as thicker bodied fish.

 

[jacob_s]

IMO a 55 is only a large enough tank to hold fish that top out at 5.5". Anything that gets larger is again, IMO, bad advice, and cruel and unusual punishment for those larger species, unless they are the type that just sit in one spot all day waiting to be fed.
There are a number of cichlids that would work in a 55 because they stay moderately sized.
Similar to Uaru, are Guianacara, and they would live copasetically with dwarf pike cichlids, and medium tetras as dither fish.

another similar looking smaller cichlid to the Panda Uaru is the keyhole cichlid, Cleithracara maronii.

Two of the Chromide cichlid species from India would make good choices for that size tank.
Etroplus maculatus (the orange chromide), and E canarensis (canarensis below)

The Etroplus would work well with some of the Indian Cyprinids as dither fish.

The smaller Acaras mentioned above are also good choices, I keep a dozen Andinoacara coeruleopunctatus (a Panamanian acara) in a 180 gal, but in a 55 you might only be able to do a a pair or trio, and only if they grew up as fry together.
View attachment 1380977
I use tetras as dithers, and also keep a couple goby as tank mates.
View attachment 1380978
BTW, I hate giving stocking advice, its like telling someone to choose what kind of meat to like, or to choose that blond over this brunette.
But I will say, I believe even my 180 gal, is too small for some species that have been previously recommended, as adult fish, anything that reaches relatively close to 18" is too large for my tank.

Ty! And I understand that, lol. Was just looking to increase my awareness of other speceis and that was very helpful, so thank you very much.

 

[jacob_s]

J jacob_s please dont listen to this. Every statement is false I dont think even one is truth all the way through.
Bgk way bigger then that in captivity I can go get a video of one that 18" this weekend.
No 12" fish should ever be in a 55g.
I'll give him the puffer statement but sounds like you want more action then a ambush predator. Most of the time they are not red either.
How about exodons? Another good choice I saw above was apistos. Or you could do a small group of angels and let a pair develop and remove the rest stock it with a group of smaller tetras for dithers, some cories, some easy plants like Val and smaller swords or crypts( not biotype but easy).
As Hendre suggested let those guys guide you in a cichlid choice.
But I think you could also do a couple electric blue acara and some deeper body tetras like Columbian or Buenos Aires.

Exodons have caught my attention but not sure if I would want to do that but ty for the helpful response!

 

[Fishnerd360]

You could get a single electric blue acara with a pair of angelfish, a pictus or 2 or 3, and a school of red tail hemiodus would be an interesting setup.

 

[Dloks]

Tbh, I have a 40g breeder planted tank full of guppies and oto catfish(s).... and I am now more pleased than when I had my 300g monster set up

 

[twentyleagues]

Tbh, I have a 40g breeder planted tank full of guppies and oto catfish(s).... and I am now more pleased than when I had my 300g monster set up

I set up a 8g betta tank and if I have to get rid of everything else I think this would make me pretty happy as my only tank. Now I just gotta figure out how to put electricity in my box down by the river. Lol