55 Gallon Stocking Ideas

[theryzer]

Hey All

So I had four jewel cichlids but I wasn't really feeling them and my cousin got a nice new tank that they are currently in so i get to start over! Now, in the tank right now I have a very passive blue (opaline/three spot) gourami, an angelfish and a very passive/ shy cray fish ( I've kept him with small cories and have had no loses)\
so with those three I'm looking to finish stocking! I don't want any livebearers ( mollies, guppies, swords etc>>) and was also looking at maybe a bristle nose plec when the tank matures more and perhaps a 2 schools of different fish or or a larger school of one species. feel free to have fun with the topic! i always love the stocking questions but when its my own I need support and please use or include common names because scientific names just mean I have to translate to newb. thanks!

 

[onidrase]

How big is the crayfish? keep a close eye on him. Even if he's passive and shy now, I don't doubt one day he'll find a fish or two to make a nice snack. I'm sticking by the rule of if it has claws, don't keep it with fins.

Any larger tetras should work, as well as dwarf cichlids and the like.

 

[theryzer]

hes about 2 inches tops, but is pincers are tiny, I think he must have lost them and regrew them because they are not proportionate to the rest of him. and i didnt think dwarf cichlids would work with my gourami, Im thrilled if they do! i wanted to keep maybe bolivians but im still not sure.

 

[theryzer]

if i were to go and get 4 bolivian or german blue rams and a bristle nose pleco would that work? the cichlids and bn would they be able to share the bottom of the tank? and leave my gourami alone?