What to do with this 53 gallon tank.

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Short bodied flowerhorn. a regular flowerhorn could work but it would be pushing it since it is only 30 inches long...
 
Personally i would go a pair of blue eyes (cryptoheros cutteri) they are a hugely underrated fish. They will reed regularly and are quite peaceful for Americans, they don't grow to large and males are beautiful.


My pair is in a 50 with some platys are they are doing fine.


It's like a little ecosystem right in my house :3


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I have seen some cutteri with good color. Same with sajica..panamesis would be good, I like the idea of colorful live bearers, swordtails would be great

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Looked into the Cryptoheros family and they all look really nice, since my tank isn't very wide would it be a good idea to stock it with some smaller dither fish or would they just get mauled? One of the reasons I looked towards Angelfish is that they are very peaceful and seem to do well with most dithers. I thought this would make the tank seem more alive.

The Sajica,Septemfasciatus and Panamensis are the best looking ones. Think I could go with some dithers with a pair of one of these species in the tank? I liked the Swordtail idea.
 
Are there any other 5-4 inch cichlids that could fit into the tank? Preferably with tankmates. Turns out I can't get ahold of a Cryptoheros Septemfasciatus, which is the one I liked the most.
 
Yschen said:
Are there any other 5-4 inch cichlids that could fit into the tank? Preferably with tankmates. Turns out I can't get ahold of a Cryptoheros Septemfasciatus, which is the one I liked the most.
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blood parrots, firemouths, jewl cichlids(afrian but simaler to americans),ect there are lots of them...
 
I know they are not CA/SA but I'd put a pair of buffaloheads (Steatocranus casuarius) would be an interesting little cichlid, and one not too many people keep
 
Well I guess I didn't narrow it down properly. Could I keep convicts in the tank? As the only inhabitants or would the male abuse the female too much in such a small tank?
 
Hmm those look interesting Cich I really like those Buffaloheads. Looked at the Brichardi when my LFS got them, I didn't have a tank for them then however. Still would Convicts work in this tank?
 
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