55 tank stocking

[Iamfish]

I have a 55 gallon tank with only a few small catfish in it currently and was wondering what top swimmers you guys would recomend. My favorite fish are catfish so I am pretty clueless when it comes to other tropical fish. I do not care about size (as long as it is happy in a 55) or if they are schooling or not. I just want some interesting fish in the middle and top of my tank.

 

[tlindsey]

I have a 55 gallon tank with only a few small catfish in it currently and was wondering what top swimmers you guys would recomend. My favorite fish are catfish so I am pretty clueless when it comes to other tropical fish. I do not care about size (as long as it is happy in a 55) or if they are schooling or not. I just want some interesting fish in the middle and top of my tank.

Welcome aboard

What specie of Catfish do you have in the 55 gallon?

 

[fishhead0103666]

Since you like catfish how about glass catfish?
https://www.liveaquaria.com/product/2519/ghost-glass-cat?pcatid=2519&c=830+836+2519
Or perhaps false glass catfish?
https://www.liveaquaria.com/divers-den/product/422913/false-glass-catfish-group-of-3
Other ideas are as follows
blue gourami
pearl gourami
dwarf gourami
honey gourami
african butterfly fish
angelfish
neon tetra
emperor tetra
red eye tetra
There's too many fish to list, I could literally spend 6 hours typing and I still wouldn't have all of the fish that could go into a 55 gallon. Is there anything particular you're looking for in a fish? Schooling fish, loner, bigger fish, nano fish, aggressive fish, peaceful fish, odd ball, cichlid, colorful, dull fish, predatory fish, there's just so many different categories.

 

[Iamfish]

I would prefer a fish that wasn't so aggresive he would irritate my other fish and maybe a bigger fish(like 5-7 inch) but im open to anything if there is smaller fish that you really enjoyed i would check them out to.


And for the species of catfish i have its
Albino Corydoras Aeneus
Albino Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus
Chaetostoma formosae

 

[fishhead0103666]

7 inches is a bit big in a 55 but 5 inches is the perfect size. How about convict cichlids? As long as you don't get a male and female they're a decent fish. If you get a breeding pair well then... There's stories on this site about them killing fish 3 times their size.

 

[Gourami Swami]

How about a bunch of livebearers like swordtails? They swim all over the tank, and if you get a few they will breed and some babies will probably survive.
A lot of good suggestions in fishhead's first post. I would stick with those tho, convict cichlids are actually one of the most aggressive pound for pound, likely to pick on other fish

 

[fishhead0103666]

Perhaps I've been misinformed about convict cichlids so I wouldn't chance it. Just ignore my convict suggestion then.

 

[Iamfish]

i have been reading up on the honey grouami which seems like a good fish any thing i should know i might not have read? I want to make sure all my fish are as happy as possible

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Silver hatchet fish are peaceful, attractive and are always near the surface.

 

[Bertie07]

How about a sajica cichlid, gets to 5” and is very peaceful as well. You could do him with w group of livebearers