DragonGirl
Aquarium Advice Activist
So pretty soon I'll be setting up both a 25 and a 45 gallon aquarium. I'm making the 25 gallon a community with cories and all that good stuff as well as my current 10 but I'm getting kind of tired of the usual fish. Not to pick on cories, they're adorable, but I really don't want 3 tanks with them. I was originally thinking for the 45 I would do a community with an angelfish, kuhli loaches, some type of larger schooler, a smaler pleco, and a pair of rams but I'm having second thoughts because it sounds a lot like the stock I have planned for the 25.
Which leads me to my questions. I'd like to have a variety of fish so obviously nothing too large or aggressive. Are there more options for communities I've just been missing? But the real question is could I make it a cichlid tank?? Please know I am totally in the dark about cichlids it seems like such a complicated field of aquariums with all the crazy names and such and I just haven't looked into it. I would call myself a pre-beginner in the cichlid world so if you start throwing those long names around I won't follow...
There are lots of new world cichlids on liveaquaria that have a minimum tank size of under 40 gallons but could I keep several types? I don't want a tank with just one species I'd rather have a variety. Like one fish of several species or would that get too violent? What would be recommended for my size tank? The ones listed in liveaquaria are keyhole cichlids, apistos, rams, firemouths, convicts, severums, etc. Would some combination of these work? Suggestions for different cichlids? Some type with a long name? Or should I just stick with my original plan of a basic community?
I would like the fish in this tank to be generally larger than the ones in my other tanks, even if cichlids is a bad idea. I also don't want any fry.
Long post and lots of questions for what I though was a simple subject...Thanks in advance for help!
Also, if this actually belongs in the cichlid section please move it there...
Which leads me to my questions. I'd like to have a variety of fish so obviously nothing too large or aggressive. Are there more options for communities I've just been missing? But the real question is could I make it a cichlid tank?? Please know I am totally in the dark about cichlids it seems like such a complicated field of aquariums with all the crazy names and such and I just haven't looked into it. I would call myself a pre-beginner in the cichlid world so if you start throwing those long names around I won't follow...
There are lots of new world cichlids on liveaquaria that have a minimum tank size of under 40 gallons but could I keep several types? I don't want a tank with just one species I'd rather have a variety. Like one fish of several species or would that get too violent? What would be recommended for my size tank? The ones listed in liveaquaria are keyhole cichlids, apistos, rams, firemouths, convicts, severums, etc. Would some combination of these work? Suggestions for different cichlids? Some type with a long name? Or should I just stick with my original plan of a basic community?
I would like the fish in this tank to be generally larger than the ones in my other tanks, even if cichlids is a bad idea. I also don't want any fry.
Long post and lots of questions for what I though was a simple subject...Thanks in advance for help!
Also, if this actually belongs in the cichlid section please move it there...