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Hi,

I am getting back into the hobby after being out of it for quite a few years. I have a 46g tank and want to make a community tank. I wont have any live plants for now. I was wondering if I could put Silver Dollars, Clown loach, neon tetra or cardinal tetras, Denisoni Barbs, orange chromide cichlid, golden ram cichlid together. I named these chiclids becuase they are apparently peaceful. Is this a possible combination? can you put any cichlids with other community fish without the cichlids killing the other fish? I find cichlids' habbits interesting that is why I would like a couple, but would like a peaceful tank.

Thanks in advanced.

You could start out with a 46g tank with a selection of those fish.
Silver dollars and the denisoni barbs will grow to 6inch or so, and the clown loaches grow slow but eventually quite large too.
As far as the cichlid choice, I would pick the ram. Another choice would be one of the apitsogramma species as they stay small and are quite pretty.

Good luck with what you choose.

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Thanks for the tip on the Apistogramma - these are beautiful. Thanks I am excited that they can live together in harmony. I will think about the size of the fish I mentioned - I know the denisoni barbs get quite big but they are very good looking fish and I fell in love with them after seeing them at my local fish store.

thanks for the help.

IMO a 6" active schooling fish shouldn't be a tank less than 6' long. I could see how some people might think that's overdoing it, but IME when I had 5-6" balas in my 55 gallon I knew the tank was too small for them.

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