fish for 55g tank?

[EMTmike]

Hi im new to this site. I went with a fishless cycle for my new 55g tank. Im only a few days in to the cycle so now i have time to decide what fish i want! Thats why im here. I would like some schooling fish, but im not sure what would fit in a 55g. I also want different types of fish but im not sure which fish are compatible! I would love some advice or options on fish so any input would be great! Thanks so much for your help!

- Mike

[Tetra123]

Welcome to AA. If you are looking for peaceful fish cardinal tetras and corycats would look good. Mabey groups of 7+.

[calfishguy]

How much experience do you have with fish
a school of rainbows could work as a larger fish then you could go with smaller tetras and/or gouramies and/or angels depending on if you have ever kept fish before.

what type of filter do you have

[BHead707]

in terms of schooling fish you have tons of options, what would work well is find a few fish you like and post them on here and we can direct you from there

as a starting point you could check out liveaquaria.com they have quite a few of the popular fish you would find in the hobby

[calfishguy]

Aquarium fish. Net would also be a good site to visit
IMO it is better than liveaquaria

[josh7]

I will give you some good options for starter yet colorful active fish option 1: 10 zebra danios, 1 pearl gourami, 10-12 bronze cories, 8 black skirt tetras. Option 2: 12 Tiger barbs, 1 blue or gold gourami, 5-6 zebra or yoyo loaches. Option 3: 10 harlequin rasbora, 10 bleeding heart tetra, 1 pearl gourami and 12 bronze cories.

[calfishguy]

All good suggestions

[EMTmike]

Thanks to all of you for your suggestions! And i read up on filters and went with the Marineland Emperor 400. And im new to large tanks. Right now i have a 5g with a betta and a pleco. But i would like angelfish, some cories, longfin danios, or cichlids. Something along those lines. What do yall think about clown loaches too?

[calfishguy]

Angels danios cories and clown loaches would work

[EMTmike]

Ok. What would you suggest as to how many of each?

[George9]

Cichlids would be some kind of dwarf cichlid. Theyre much more peaceful. You could get a german blue ram it maybe a Bolivian ram it some type of apistogramma-the color varieties are endless with them. Then, along with a few schools of tetras or danios, you could do an angel, mabe some cories too?

Edit-for the schoolers like danios or tetras or cories, maybe somewhere between 8-12. Just one angel unless you could fund a pair.

[calfishguy]

I would go with 2 angels 12 danios what type of cories do you want as for the loaches I don't know.

[George9]

But don't just get two angels not knowing the sex, you could end up with two males and have a huge problem. Make sure you could find a pair (male-female.)

[calfishguy]

I agree with george

[josh7]

I wouldn't get clown loaches get huge gets disease easily like ich I would go with a smaller hardier variety such as zebras yoyo loaches will harass angels but I would get a single angel much easier to deal with as there is much less fighting. I would get the 10-12 danios as suggested 1 angel I would get either 10 bronze or panda cories and 5-6 zebra loaches.

[calfishguy]

That is a good suggestion I didn't think of the zebra loaches.

[josh7]

Thanks