snowflake311

Here is what I have.
36 gal planted tank.
1 keyhole
1 blue acara (Young 3" will rehome)
6 X-Ray Pristella Tetra
4 Redtail Rasorbora
1 BN pleco
1 Clown pleco

55 Gal planted
2 Breeding pair Blue acara
6 Red eye tetras
1 medusa pleco


My fish wish list is. I know I can not have them all.
Male BN pleco
Dwarf flag cichlid
Rainbow cichlid
Bolvian ram
proter acara
Redbellied Flag AKA Latetacara Thayeri
Green severum

I'm thinking maybe I should more my blue acara pair into the 36 Gal that way I have the 55 gal for more fish. But I don't think 36 gal is big enough for a breeding pair.

What fish do you think I could add to my 55 gal, my 36gal is fully stocked. But I could alway move some fish around.

sirdarksol

I wouldn't move anything from the 55 to the 36. As you say, the 36 looks pretty fully stocked.
Other than that, I'm not sure what you can add to the 55. I don't know enough about cichlid personality to know what will go with what.

snowflake311

Not to add to the 36 gal from my 55 gal. But move them around. Like take the keyhole and blue acara from the 36 move them to the 55. Then take the pair out of the 55 and put them in the 36.

btate617

You could leave the pair of Aequidens Pulcher in the 55gal.
You can add to it Herotilapia Multispinosa, Rainbow cichlid, in the 55gal also. Although Herotilapia Multispinosa is a Central American cichlid it stays small, I know some who have had them and they never got past about 3.5", they are a very mild mannered Central. Once they grow a bit they do have some cool colors also.

If you can find Laetacara Thayeri where you live you could also do them as well. That is one of the Laetacara that I don't see come around too often. In the same species you could also go with Laetacara Curviceps or Laetacara Dorsigera both widely avaliable.

Microgeophagus Altispinosa, Bolivian Ram, would also work. However with these since you already have an established pair of Aequidens Pulcher in the tank I would try to look for bigger fish if you decided to get them, say in the 2-3" range. I actually like these more than Microgeophagus Ramirezi, if you take the time to grow out the Bolivians they are a great looking fish.

You could also add a BN if you want, but I would stay away from the Heros Severus.Unless they are all you want in the 55gal I wouldn't do it, and some will say a 55gal is too small for them to begin with, once they hit 10" there isn't much more room for anything else in that tank.

So I think you could pick any one pair of the fish listed and you should be fine in the 55gal along with what is there already.

Brian