cichlids for a 75g planted tank?

Ok, I just had to fully gut my 75g planted community tank to move it 6" So I think I may put cichlids in there that I can still have plants with...... Any suggestions?

Blue moorii's won't mess with your plants. Same goes for blood parrots and discus.

Mooriis may work, I've never been a fan of the blood parrots or discus.... they look funny.

alot of south american would work well but stay away from most africans. they will make a salad bar out of those plants.

Aww really? I was hoping to African with it........

you could go with kribs or dwarf cichlids, kribs are soooo easy.

How about fulus or sp44 or german reds?

is about what kind of plants and how is planted but sure don't put in mbunas

Heavily planted and every kind of plant I could get I even have 2-3 locally harvested plants in there.

Fern wrote:

Aww really? I was hoping to African with it........

my africans have almost destoryed 2 fake plastic plants. i guess they didnt like were i put them. so id say no africans with live plants

how about angels

Angels are too cliche and run of the mill for me. I'm looking for some higher end breeders to go in it.

what doyou mean higher end breeders?

I believe that she means fish that pull more money for fry and fish that are more rare than the angels.

You hit it on the nose!

is no a problem if you have free plants area in the tank thats work for me but the only plant I keep is Java Fern so you do an experiment with yours

I think I will put some brichardi/ fairy cichlids in the tank. Jack has them in a lightly planted tank and he says they are good with them. Not really the high end cichlid I was looking for but I have always been fascinated with them.
Now another question, has anyone tried them with corys before? Will they work together?

wow, i just did a yahoo search and they look very cool.
i think my lfs had them with a bunch of shells and they bred like crazy!

have you considered appisto's?

alan j t wrote:

have you considered appisto's?

Can you give me a full name and/or pic?
Not sure if I should put anything other than a few plecos in the tank.... The bricardis are known to take over tanks.

appistogramma.
if you google it you will see all the different kinds.
there a s. american cichlid, but im sure the other cichlids your pondering will dominate the tank

I've heard of those.... They would almost be a waste of tank size in a 75g.