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can I get any ideas If you do pleas answer. my uncale got a 55 gallon tank for free I want one but my mom wont let me buy one. i might get one intell my b-day.

Are you aiming for marine or freshwater? :-)

Since they posted in General FW I'd assume they're going for FW .

I'd suggest going with smaller fish as a 55 gallon is only 12" deep, which won't give that much swimming room for a fish that gets 6" or more. I suggest having a look around your local fish store and writing down the names of fish you're interested in. Then check back here and we'll help on the stock.
Something that will be helpful to know is your tap waters ph as some fish have specific requirements.

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Good point... :-P Didn't bother to read the header properly :-P

Riri's 55 gal may not be so shallow tho - I have a 50 gal that's nearly 20" deep and 16" wide - suitable for some fairly big critters :-) I have a couple of Clown Loaches in mine, and I'm fairly certain they get bigger than 6".

by depth i think it was stated its possibly a 12" foot print as in 12" wide not 12" ofdepth in the water colume

another suggestion is that if u dont want to go few only a few larger fish a south american setup is great.
fish such, as neons, cardnals, rummynose, pristellas, black phantoms, with schools of 6-8 of these fish u could also add some slightly larger centerpiece fish

I was thinking 1 oscer 6 pictus catfish 1 clown loach 1 blak goast knife fish 1 sail fin pleco.

oscar no he gets to big

6 pitcus cats Im not sure about

clown loaches for awhile they grow slow

bgk grow slow to

An oscar will get to a foot and is too messy and toooo big for that tank I am sorry. Clown loaches need ot be in schools and really get to big for a 55 gallon. A black ghost knife will get way too big for a 55 gallon. A sailfin pleco will get to 50cm and way to big for a 55 gallon. 6 pictus is probobly too many for a 55 gallon.(maybe check with someone else as I have not had any experience with pictus.) As they are very very active, though maybe 2-3 would be ok. Witht he pictus it blocks out any tetras except the largest like bleeding hearts, serpae, congos. So you could have like:

3 pictus
8 congo tetras
3 gouramis like pearls, gold, opaline, 3-spot.
Mabye 8 more big tetras
2 dwarf cichlids or something like that.

Hope this helps, not quite sure about hte stocking levels as I have not owned a 55 gal.

Is there a cichlid combo with bottem feeders/catfish this is a center peice in my uncles house.