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Recommendations needed for a 55 G fresh water fish tank for semi agg to aggresive fish no larger tha2007-11-24 23:39:56

What would you place in a 55 gallon fresh water tank if you wanted the most colorful fish and best mix of semi-aggressive and/or aggressive fish . . I would like fish that would grow to be no more than 3 inches. According to the rule of thumb, 2 gallons of water per each inch of fish .. this would give me room for a total of about 8 or 9 three inch fish. So, based on 2 to 3 fish of each kind (3 or 4 different kind/group of fish). I would like colorful, pretty, and/or striped fish. Semi aggressive to aggressive mix (if you can mix the two ? ) Thank you for your recommendations. :)

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Cichlids are the only way to go! There is one called a yellow lab, I think get a little over an inch, bright yellow with a black stripe and tons of personality. Jack Dempseys are nice, but may get a little bigger than you'd like, say 5 inches or so. Do a search at drfostersmith.com - they'll list the cichlids that can be housed together and how large they get.

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Do what I did, get piranhas. Actually if you want to mix semi aggressive fish just steer clear of Oscars and piranhas and make sure you feed them well.

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go to a local lake and catch some baby bluegill or perch they make a great display ,i had some and lasted several years, when they get to big turn them loose, after they get settled they are very colorful

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Red tail sharks are pretty, tiger barbs are nice, and some gouramis are really pretty too.

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I've got regular and albino tiger barbs in a 30 gallon tank. You can also find green barbs. They don't get much bigger than 2.5 inches. Several species of gourami and freshwater angelfish are very attractive and colorful too. I wouldn't mix gourami or freshwater angelfish with the barbs though. The barbs find their flowing fins irresistible and will nip at them all the time.

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http://www.fishlore.com/tropicalfishprof.

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a mixed school of tiger barbs would stay as small as you're talking about, yet be visually very interesting. they come in regular, albino, and "mossy", so 3 or 4 of each kind. they'll school together, and look *incredible* in a live-planted tank. check out pics at link below.

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i have a 90 gallon,,,that is set with cichlids.they are agrressive.i have lost many fish fron fighting..a few of the samw breed should work.the different breeds of cichlids.gang up and kill the others.

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Hey myaddiction, elecrtic yellow labs become up to a size of 4 1/2 inches, and are one of the most peaceful of african cichlids. As to the question you could get cichlids just once they become larger find them a new home. Most cichlids grow larger than 3iches eventually(there are few that reach 3 as an adualt size tho). To find out more on cichlids go to cichlid-forum.com(the best site for cichlids ever!!)

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well what ever you chose a little advice from past expearance with aggressive fish. You better get more than 6 or they will fight. I had 3 oscars and the smallest got picked on so much that it finally died with big chucks of flesh missing. They will school together so no one will get picked on if you get more than 6 fish.well thats what they guy at the pet store said.

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Striped fresh water aggressive fish that get no larger than 3 inches?

Try setting up a species tank containing pseudotropheus demasoni. Here's a pic of one of mine:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a259/y.

These colorful african cichlids max out at about 3" and are very aggressive against their own kind. You could stock a 55-gal with 12 to 15 of these to spread the aggression. Going with less than 12 may result in casualties from aggression (overstocking this species recommended and 'dilutes' overall aggression).