i dont think he would want africans, but my petshop is having a sale on them now. but i know he doesnt want to spend alot of money on fish. and since the firemouths and the severums and stuff are only about 3 bucks a fish i though it would be cool. i guess we wont get a convict but he wants the same fish he used to have and he used to love his firemouth so i want one of those for sure. can i put clown loaches in a 55 and how many can i put in there? do you think that giant danios would be ok as dithers? or maybe someone can reccommend something else? i know someone reccommended black skirt tetras. the good thing is the tank is already cycled. i think that we are going to make a bunch of slate caves before adding cichlids. does any have any good websites for making caves for smaller cichlids?
i would rather not put anything in there that would ever outgrow the tank. if i eventually get a bigger tank then it will just be used as a big community tank but that wont be for a while. i got it set up today too and it came with a huge gold fish and a little fish about 3 inches long thats like silver with a black stripe and reddish tail? any clue wat that is? but i put them in my 20 gallon. but i felt sorry for them because the tank was really nasty the filter cartridges were brown and it was like they were soaked in mud. i just soaked all the decor and the filters in bleach and water and it came off but im not putting those decorations in there becuz they are fallin apart and are like corals? lol im gonna make some caves to at least keep the territories seperated a little bit. but i got it clean took me about 5 hours with me and a friend but that also involved moving a 20 gallon tank (had to drain it and put in new gravel and a background) btw could i put around 3 rubber lip ( i think called rubber nose plecos) in there?
