From aggressive to peaceful

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Seahorse8383

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So it is official. I am done with cichlids. (except for severums and my breeding pair of jack dempseys). In one day I have turned my aggressive 125 to a peaceful community. I took my vieja, hybrid flowerhorn and my 2 salvinis and traded them into my LFS for store credit. I must admit it is more relaxing now that I have a bunch of little peaceful fish swimming everywhere enjoying life. Lol. I am also excited because I have room for plenty additions. I just got to a point where I was tired of having only a couple of fish in a huge tank or having to rehome some due to aggression. Is there anyone else out here that ever suddenly switched over like this? If so what was your reason for doing so?

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I did but not at once. And I did it because I wanted to see fish in a more natural setting with community interactions and ofcourse because of plants. I do still appreciate a mean agressive fish, but ill keep em solo if I do get another cichlid.
 
My 135 is still an aggressive tank but I recently converted my 55 to a planted tank. I love cichlids and I cant resist the urge to have them in my tanks so I bought some rams. They're somewhat aggressive but not to the point where they can wipe out a whole community tank. And they don't dig up plants which is a plus. But seeing how I enjoy my 55 now makes me want to convert my 135 into a planted and just keep 2 pairs of aggressive cichlids.
 
Yeah I also enjoy watching them interact. I cant wait to start keeping plants. What are some good plants to start with?

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Java fern and anubias are very easy and undemanding plants to start with. Added benefit is they grow best attached to rocks and driftwood so no need to worry about what substrate to use. Most mosses are very easy and some species of crypts grow well once established. Finally floating plants generally dont need much care. Those are some id recommend starting with and you would be Surprised how well just java fern and anubias tanks can look and how easy they can be
 
java fern, sag, dwarf baby tears, micro sword, x-mas moss. Flagtail fish, galaxy rasbora, neon gourami, alpine gourami, kissing gourami pair, swordtails, neon tetras, ryukin goldfish (lots of water changes because of ammonia), and last but not least ghost catfish.
 
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