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Any recommendations on good fish for a 55gal tank? I am looking for a lot of
color and small to medium size fish that are not excessively aggressive or
require live food.

Is there anything special I need in the way of filtration or water
conditions?

It's a lot easier to find out what kind of fish like the water
conditions you have and go from there :-).

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"Fred Bloggs" wrote in message
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Hi Folks,

We recently moved and tore down our aquarium, and it is time to get it
starting again. It was a community tank with lots of plants, but I want to
do something a little different when I get going again.

I am thinking cichlids which I understand needs lots of hiding places and
rocks, but are they compatible with plants?

Any recommendations on good fish for a 55gal tank? I am looking for a lot
of
color and small to medium size fish that are not excessively aggressive or
require live food.

Is there anything special I need in the way of filtration or water
conditions?

Thanks


Hi Fred,
What are your local water conditions? I live in a liquid rock hard water
place with a pH of 7.5 or above, hence my Cichlid tank is Malawi. I would
love to keep cichlids like Rams but have failed because the water conditions
do not suit them.

Buy the fish according to your local water - far less problems....

If you have hard water with a high pH I'm more than happy to give you
details on my Malawi set up which is a great thriving community with
multiple fry, juvs and adults....

Gill