alright, I'm planning a new tank setup (steps 1-36 yet to begin:)....... all along I was thinking of tearing down my current tank and selling it...... but I got to thinking....... perhaps I should keep it? votes? thoughts? It's a lovely tank and stand. All i'd need to do is buy a new filter for it......

what should I do? Any thoughts of fish to perhaps keep? I read the posts on convicts, I like the idea of trying to get a pair to breed.

what are your favorite fish to keep in 55 (US) gallon - it's 36x15x20? ideas? I know alot of people keep multiple tanks. should I join the club?

MTS is the only answer... LOL... African Cichlids are great! and easy care. If I were you I would keep it... But that's my horrible case of MTS talking!

Put a couple frontosas in it! My favorite african.

Nickisue wrote:


MTS = multiple tank syndrome?

Keep it or you will wish you did later!!! haha... I know i'm kicking myself for selling a few in the past that I would like to have right now!

bowhunter wrote:


don't frontosas get big? way too big for a 55 (US) gallon...???

MeghanR wrote:

nope.... it doesn't grow that much but very expensive.... that is the
only setback of having them...almost similar of having good aro.

there are a few different subspecies of frontosas but generally speaking they can grow to around the 14 inch range, also they are best kept in comunities of 4- 12 fish so with this in mind i would have to say that a 55 is too small for them.

you could do a tank of malawis(like nicki suggested) or perhaps a breeding pair of jacks or salvinis in it though....

jsut my 2 cents

get a breeding pair of convicts. I understand the breed like rabbits, which = lots of Oscar food..

you wonna choose wisley cos that tank aint a 55 us 36x15x20????

3 or 4 fronts should be fine in a 55 for at least a couple years. They are fairly slow growers. When they mature you decide to keep them or sell them off. There is a big market for mature frontosa where i live. And because mature ones are fairly rare, they bring in a pretty penny. At least sixty dollars a fish.

36x15x20in is only about a 45 gallon tank.