What to do with this 53 gallon tank.

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I'm in the middle of the process of rearranging the furniture in the house and I'm going to be able to make one room an aquarium only room.

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The tank in this picture is situated right by the door to my living room and is going to be moved so it's not in a high traffic area. When I move it I'm going to return these fish to the LFS for some credit.
Now I want something to replace my Africans with, preferably some SA/CA cichlids. The tank measures 31.5x19.68x19.68 inches. Now I wanted to put a pair of Blue Acaras in it but I thought I'd run it by someone with actual experience first.

Any other suggestions for a pair of some middle-sized cichlids would be appreciated.

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If I were top do a 50 again id do a salvini female, a pair of ellioti(i think the name was changed, not sure) and a pair of multispinosa. With a sand bottom, and a whole lot of driftwood and rock structures. And Ive heard they are more tolerant of plants than other CA species so id also try a few plants.

just a pair of blue acaras could work too
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Are you taking the width if 31.5 inches into account? Seem like alot of big fishes for the widht imo and I'm the one that wants a big pair :D
 
The only Angelfish I like are the Altums would they work? I'm kind of looking at Aquidens species. Diadema Metea.
 
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Come on guys more ideas....

I have one of those challenging sized tanks myself, a Marineland 56 gallon / 30" W x 18" D x 24" H
Right now Im using it as a growout but I would like some ideas too!
 
id say diadem get too big from my experience of them but blue acaras would be fine or smaller red breasted acaras a group of them would be awesome.
 
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