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Originally Posted by Silock
Fine together but what about with non cichlids? I don't want a cichlid only tank. Wife wants glofish and tetras.
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Cichlids will make quick work of glofish and tetras. What she wants is an Amazon-style freshwater tank, which is what I have. Softer water (lower pH), plants, etc. Cichlids (with some notable exceptions) are from Africa and water is hard with not alot of plants (because the Cichlids will destroy them). In fact, there's only certain Cichlids that can cohabitate. If you go with Cichlids, you're going to only have Cichlids (and perhaps some bottom dwellers like Pleco).
Like KC Fish said, alot of freshwater community fish are kind of boring. If you want "interesting" my daughter has Kuhli loaches.
She also has Killifish, which much like Bettas, have coloful males. This is what her's look like:
If you want to get some color but don't want Cichlids, I strongly recommend Colombian Tetras - they're my favorite fish.
