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i have a new 25 gal that im thinking of using for chilides i have had great luck with tropical fish but want to try something new. i really like having plants in my tanks, but i have noticed that most like eating or up rooting plants. i like really colourfull fish. any sugg for starting this tank?

is it an empty tank now?

but i think african cichlids would be nice, but idk how well they would be with the plant factor in there.

IME only larger cichlids are problems with plants, like my severum who considers them snacks

You have a number of cichlid options for a 25g. Smaller New World cichlids such as keyholes, apistos, rams. Kribs are Africans but don't require the higher pH and alkalinity that Rift lake Africans do.

My favorite recommendation would be Tangs but you'd be limited on plants that could grow in that type water. I have two shellie tanks and one Tang community; the only plant I've tried in those is Java fern, which is actually growing quite well.

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I wouldn't put African Chichlids in there, unless your doing a breeding pair. Mabey a Jewel Chichlid, but there isnt much you can put with them...

Inky

I really like rams! How hard are rams to maintain? Are they calm? Are they good for breeding?

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Speaking of Rams though -
if it is a long tank, I would go with a
pair of Bolivian Rams and a Pair of Blue Rams.
Then you could finish with some small schooling upper
water fish for dithers, or a larger mid-upper water cichlid like a festivum or keyhole.


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thanks
for the suggestions.

its my bedroom tank that im experimenting with soon. right now my livingroom tank is my pride. it took me a long time to find the right combo of fish and plants.

this gives me a great starting point.