peace full cichlids for a 55 gallon aquarium

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My father might be getting us a 55 gallon tnk from his brothers friend, its like 50% chance so far, just needs to know some info about it.

I was wondering apart from the obvious, angels apistrogramma,s and rams, are there any other peaceful cichlids for a 55 gallon comunity.

It will have some livebearers, platties and mollies and some swords, but I was wondering is a severum maybe would be okay. Ive seen them with corries before.

Any others as well?
 
Sevs are generally really calm fish. I have a golden and hes great. He should be ok unless you have really small fish because these guys do get huge.
 
Mollies platies and swords (oh my! :rofl: ) would make a delectable snack for a full grown severum :flex: A sevs behavior depends on ts personality :nod: My sev rules his tank, but never beats any fish up, he merely breaks up fights by getting in the other fish's face, and or intimidating them :lol: Lately he's ben acting as a bodyguard for my geo :huh:

Keyholes, Laetecara species (uncommon dwarf cichlid), an nannacara (very ncommon dwarf cichlids) are all peaceful :)
 
Dwarfs said:
Mollies platies and swords (oh my! :rofl: ) would make a delectable snack for a full grown severum :flex: A sevs behavior depends on ts personality :nod: My sev rules his tank, but never beats any fish up, he merely breaks up fights by getting in the other fish's face, and or intimidating them :lol: Lately he's ben acting as a bodyguard for my geo :huh:

Keyholes, Laetecara species (uncommon dwarf cichlid), an nannacara (very ncommon dwarf cichlids) are all peaceful :)
Yur right. I didnt even check the other fish. I think the best fish for this tank would be a Keyhole or two
 
what about if the mollies are full sized?

wait, they eat plants, what about full. I cxan always put them into my 29 gallon then.
 
I don't understand the second question could you rephraise it?, Sevs can get huge (maybe 9-10") and they have big appetites, so a full sized molly would still be in danger IMO :)
 
just talking to my self ,lol. I dont understand some of it though.

I could put the platties and swords in my 29,

would a sev be okay with angels? If not, I can get those for my 29 as well. But if sevs are not the nicest fish, I can always get something else.

Any other recomendations for a peaceful large fish, not to large, like6 inches at most.

Oh, I minght put my kribs in the tank if the sev and angels wont work.
 
You could try angels and a sev, but be ready to move if you run into problems. Severums are relativley peaceful when compared to other cichlids, and angels can pretty much hold their own :D

You could have a 'safe' tank with angels, some schooling fish, and some rams/and or keyholes. I doubt ehre would be any aggression problems there.
 

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