Looking To Have A "normal" Tank

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Hey everyone. Most people know that I keep weird fish, like bichirs and whatnot, but I was having a look at my 55 gallon grow-out tank last night and I was wondering what I should do with it once the fish in there grow out of it. When they do, I will be left with the following stocking:

Cleithracara maronii (Keyhole cichlid)
3 x Pareutropius buffei (Three stripe African glass catfish)
Parapteronotus hasemani (Dragon knife fish)
3 x Centromochlus perugiae (Honeycomb catfish)
L205 - Peckoltia sp.

Which really isn't much of anything. Eventually, I would hope, the dragon knife will be out of there, but he is the slowest growing fish I have ever seen, so who knows.

I was thinking about doing the cardinal and angel thing, but I don't want to have to worry about the angels or the knife eating the tetras. So, I was thinking: go for the larger bodied tetras like Von Rio Tetras (had them before, and really liked the) and other fish, but I'm not sure.

Basically, I wanted to post this for some advice on what people think I should do. For the bottom, I was thinking of adding banjo cats and my African mudfish, but other than that, the mid-area is open.
 
I haven't kept any of the fish that you have in your 55. But I guess robust tetras and loaches would work... the Von Rio tetras you mention and maybe yoyo loaches.
 
You could do Discus, and Cardinal Tetras( alot bigger than neons), some Lemon Tetras, some Rummy Nose Tetras, some Panda Corries, and maybe some Apisto's Like Cackatoo Apistogramma's, or Borelli's APistogramma, or Blue Rams.
 
Red wag platies.
Assorted platies.
Peppered and Albino corys.
Clown loaches.
Black widow tetra.
Lyretail swordtail.

There's probably some that I've missed out but those are my favourites.
 

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