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I currently have a 135 gallon with a paratilapia polleni, 4 nimbochromis livingstonii, 1 Nandopsis Tetracanthus and a Lamprologus Tetracanthus. The livingstonii's and the Lamp. Tetracanthus have a future home already. The nandopsis is my wife's fish and I am growing him out and he will soon be moved to a single specimen tank. That leaves me with my pollenii i was going to sell him and get a few motas, or something similar however I am not comfortable shipping and my local offers want to house my Pollenii with midas etc that are twice the size so Ive decided to keep him.

Now I am going nuts trying to figure out what to keep him with.Id like to keep the pollenii as the centerpiece fish and I love the overall look of ca/sa's but do not want a huge aggressive fish. Im having trouble coming up with tankmates for him, I do not care for the tall bodied fish or giant nucahals. Ive kept ports before and enjoyed them I was just looking for a little more color as this tank is a focal point in my living room. I am beginning to think I may have to go with peacocks and haps Suggestions of ca/sa's to make an attractive looking tank are appreciated.
 
t-bars are nice, firemouths, electric blue dempsey... three colourful ca sa's!
 
t-bars are nice, firemouths, electric blue dempsey... three colourful ca sa's!

My wife just picked up a couple baby electric blues a few days ago. These guy are less than an inch.
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Got a while for them to grow though. haha sorry about pic quality I used my phone.

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What about Geos? They all color up nice and aren't very aggressive

Ive actually been very interested in geos. Ive never kept one before. What ones are easily obtainable and most colorful. Id like to maybe only max around 10 inches or under. I'm gonna go and look around now.
thanks
 
Im thinking my male pollenii, an ornatum, 1 or 2 of my electirc blue jacks a few port's. and a few tapajos orange head geos.
Im either gonna buy or make a 3d background then look for a huge chunk of driftwood, any thoughts?

 
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