Stocking a 55g oddball(ish) tank

[SOKO]

Do you think a pike cichlid would fit into this set up?

Pike cichlids get huge, will outgrow that tank. Not as big as other cichlids, but still pretty big

 

[freshienow]

^ ok, thanks for the quick info I'll scratch that off the possibilities list.

 

[Eoibio]

Yeah pikes wouldn't have fitted in either.Can I have the list of what you plan to stock it with now?Some silver dollars would be big and nice dither fish to add a bit of attention to the middle =]]

 

[freshienow]

1-Zig Zag eel
1-peacock eel
2-rope fish
1-polypterus senegalus
maybe 1-leopard ctenpoma
60-ghost shrimp before I put anything else in the tank

 

[freshienow]

oh an 1 or 2 African brown knives

 

[Eoibio]

Right just get one eel (zig zag) as 2 will fight and then get 4 leopard cnetpoma as they are a middle dweller and you need some middle dwellers as you tank would be quite boring without them, or some leaf fish or marbled ctenpoma.Also only get one knife it is a safer idea.

 

[Thedaniokeeper]

sounds good, but avec 3 more ctenopoma and sans one of the eels.
Spiny Eels MAY fight, I wouldn't take the risk

 

[[enjoyable_attempt]]

I would do geophagus and bichirs, but I didnt read the whole thread and just saw you have a good idea of what you want already.

 

[Eoibio]

Hmm if you read the whole thread you'll see he wants specific fish, and I think he has made his mind up now,Sorry for sounding rude

 

[ClownKnife28]

Right just get one eel (zig zag) as 2 will fight and then get 4 leopard cnetpoma as they are a middle dweller and you need some middle dwellers as you tank would be quite boring without them, or some leaf fish or marbled ctenpoma.Also only get one knife it is a safer idea.

Just a quick question here, I thought that you can only keep one leopard cnetpoma per tank. I thought that they figh each other when they got bigger. Is this wrong? Can you really have 4 in a tank?