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Hey All,

I have a 37 gallon Eclispe System. It is 2 ft. in height (top to bottom), 30 inches long, & 1 ft. wide. Pretty good size and a real tall tank too. It also has a good, strong filtration too. Right now, this tank is occupied, but in the next month or so, it will be vacant. Thus the post.

I already have a 55gal. with 2 Jack Dempseys & another 55 gal. with 2 Red Tiger Oscars. I also have had many Angelfish (over the years), which I adore too. I am sorta looking to go for a Cichlid I haven`t owned/raised yet. I`d like to be able to get like 2 differant species (if possible) & I do like colorful fish - or "strong markings". I do know, I would like "easy to keep" kind & ones that "feed with flakes and/or pellets". I`m not as picky as I`m sounding either,LOL!!

So, what Cichlid(s) would you all recommend and how many of them? I was thinking a pair of Angels, but again - I want something I haven`t owned yet. I was also thinking some of the following: Electric Yellows, Blue Jewels, Firemouth, Bolivian Ram (can you have more than one of these?), Keyholes, Convicts, & T-Bar. Of course, Not all of them, just thinking about picking out of the list mentioned. Any suggestions or ideas?

Thanks ahead of time to all those that reply. I do appreciate it.

You could try a Malawi tank, although I'm not well versed on them, so I can't really help you there.

you get a get 3 electric yellow and 2 blue jewels in that tank, put in some hiding places and some fack plants ur tank will be looking great in no time, those to fish species have lots of color

Why not one pair of Kribs and breed those ? (From Nigeria) Very nice fish that love planted tanks... Cichlids too !!!

The Amazon Nut...

yeh i think kribs would be good as well, but they are not the best looking fish, i say electric yellow or maybe a male electric blue if you put some hiding places

yeh i think kribs would be good as well, but they are not the best looking fish,

You should take a look at one of the krib's relatives...Pelvicachromis taeniatus. there are several locale variants that are absolutely stunning. I recently picked up P. taeniatus 'wouri', but 'kienke', 'moliwa', 'dehane' are very nice as well.

Jason

ps. several of these are up for auction at http://www.aquabid.com under the Other Cichlids section.

How about a combination of Bolivian Rams and Keyhole Cichlids?

how about a dwarf cichlid comunity, they're not too big and very colourful.

if you go for malawis then i would say that you could get
3 acei(1m/2f)
3 eletric yellows (1m/2f)
3 rustys (1m/f)
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/cookie_cutter_40g.php or go here good luck

i say 3 bolivians 1m/2f
2 keyholes and some blue rams or kribs with lotsa plants n rocks n wood.

Electric yellows are great, they're easy to find too. Maybe some Electric Blue Ahlis, those are stunning as well.

I think a pair of cons would be fun for you to keep. They are beautiful fish in my opinion, especially the females, and I think they would do very well in the tank you have described.