New here and I need suggestions

[black1031]

Hi my name is Jeff I am new to cichlids and I just bought a 55 gallon tank what is a good cichlid or cichlids I can put in there

 

[mostlycichlids]

are you interested in africans or ca/sa cichlids?

 

[JCA]

do you want just one larger cichlid or a couple smaller ones?

 

[dovii88]

you can do convicts, dwarfs, firemouths, a wet pet...like a single dempsey or red devil.there are alot of choices...heres a page that may help some http://cichlidforum.com/articles/cookie_cutter_55g.php

 

[black1031]

Thanks for the replies I think I would like to keep more than one fish right now. I don't like african cichlids my brother has some of those and I don't care for them

 

[milkman407]

What about frontosa?

 

[dovii88]

i would do some red tiger mota...like a male...but check out tangledupincichlids.com he is the best for any cichlid

 

[ammerman19]

I would do a couple firemouths and salvini

 

[Gourami Swami]

Not big enough for a rd, and the salvini would kill the FM's most likely...

If I were you, I would have a severum, a geophagus of your choice, and a small school of giant danios.

 

[Dominuslive]

Depends on if you want peaceful, or aggro. If peaceful I would go with Festivums (alot like angels only cooler), some corydoras,silver hatchet fish, and a Queen Arabesque pleco. If you want Aggro, I would go convicts, or a Jack Dempsey, Green Terror. I f you want middle o the road, go with Firemouths.

Of course all fish are individuals and you make experience extremely docile aggrotypes, and extremely aggro docile types.