cichlid tank

[irjason714]

well first of all i was wandering if livebearers can live in cold water and second i was wanting to set up a cichlid tank and i was wandering what are some good cichlids to keep and also what fish i would have to get rid of
i have

2 clown loaches
2 kuhli loaches
2 silver sharks
2 angel fish
5 swordtails
2 mollies
1 albino rainbow shark

and also its a 56gal tank

 

[JWright]

Those Mollies and Swords won't care for that tank much. They like harder, slightly brackish water (especially the mollies).

You might find the silver sharks will be a bit too active for the Angels.

Livebearers don't really care for cold water. If you want a nice active schooling coldwater fish, go with White Clouds.

Josh

 

[sjogren1]

You can't go wrong with a ton of White Clouds, but you may have difficulty finding bottom dwellers. I like the idea of a cichlid tank; what kind are you thinking of going with? I had milder varieties (Festivum, Fire Mouth, Geophagus jurupari, Geophagus braziliensus, Keyhole, etc.) with great success. Not the plants however. I discovered that the hard way.

 

[irjason714]

well i was kinda wanting to breed them so i was looking at fairy cichlids and blue eye cichlids, i might be getting a job soon so i was thinkin of just putting together a cichlid tank but i really just want to find some peacefull cichlids that will breed

 

[sjogren1]

Try putting a new thread on the Breeding forum if you have any need for information on breeding these. I've only bred Kribensis, which was easy. The info that I've received in response to my few postings has been great; I'm certain that if you need advice, you'll get it here.  *thumbsup2*