4 ft tank question

[Myke]

Hi, i'm about to set up my first tank ever. It is a 60 gallon (4 ft.) tank. I was wondering how many cichlids I could fit in this tank. I would also like to get some suggestions on which cichlids have good compatibility together. I like the bright colored cichlids like the eectric blue and yellow labs.

Any suggestions?

 

[tdins_2]

the rule is 1 inch of fish per gallon and there are thousands of different combinations of fish that can be put into your tank but it is best to choose the fish u like then ask other forum members if that would work i found the fish i like and asked and they would work like i added yellow labs for yellow a tret for blue (only one because of high agression) and a brichardi for there lighter color and the others because i liked them

 

[tdins_2]

here is a website with tons of fish to look through from mostly lake malawi and tanganyika

 

[tdins_2]

http/www.amateurcichlids.com/fish.shtml

 

[Myke]

Thank you so much for that website. It is pretty much exactly what I was looking for.

 

[thecichlidaddict]

I just need to correct here. There are no rules of thumbs that work for cichlids, most especially not the 1" per gallon rule. You need to decide on some species that you like and only then can you start figuring out how many you can fit.



Here is one of the best cichlid sites on the web:

 

[tdins_2]

thecichlidaddict

wow that website is far better than the one i suggested its got every fish i could think of

 

[vantgE]

hey cichlid addict, are you maybe a moderater or something at cichlid-forum too, cause i got banned like an hour after joining, and i have no idea why, happened about a month ago

could you help

 

[Angry_Platy]

Well....TCA may correct me on this....BUT....this site was having a few "technical difficulties" about a month ago.....some members were banned/deleted etc....the problem has now been corrected and all is good once more!!

 

[thecichlidaddict]

The website was very unstable at one point, though I didn't know about account deletions. I'm sure like this sit they will ban you if you are rude to others, but otherwise I'd just try again.

 

[vantgE]

how try again?
cause i was very polite and only posted one thing that couldn't have been offensive in anyway just some happy faces, can't get into any part on the site