Fish for classroom tank

[Siemens2]

Setting up a smaller tank for a classroom that I will be teaching til June. Looking for some slow growing future monsters. Moving to home and 180 in mid-June. Tank at school will be either a 38 or 55 depending on funds. Water also has a high pH 7.8 or so.
Thanks for suggestions
Jason

 

[fishnutham]

high ph probably someting in the cichlids but it easy to get the ph down to 7.0 with peat in the filter and a peice of bog wood if you did that i would suggest a adonis pleco or another type they all grow slow except the common plec

 

[gomezladdams]

African mbuna if its a 55g you get lots of color and behavior to discuss and theyll like your water

 

[joeytoe]

Id go with certain African cichlids an fancy plecos.

 

[rallysman]

frontosas grow slow

 

[joeytoe]

frontosas grow slow

an they get huge after a few years. I hope my friends Fronts breed so I can get afew.

 

[JD_MAN]

frontosas grow slow

That would work out good. It would take them at least a year to outgrow a 55.

 

[Miles]

Clown Loaches and Datnoids, with some other stuff mixed in!

 

[id10t]

NA Natives, preferrably from your own area.

 

[Siemens2]

Natives would be awesome, but it's the middle of winter and I don't think that plucking bluegill from frigid water into a room temp tank would be a good idea. Possibly the fronts or dats. I've always wanted some dats and this is a good excuse.