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Wow! All I can say is, again, thanks for all your info, Shari!

Thanks for all the advice so far!

I have never kept angels, or rams, or any cichlid at all for that matter.

Setsuna, I have begun to reconsider the idea of the rams already. I think one territorial type of fish per tank will be enough, and the loaches will occupy the bottom part of the tank ...

Now that I think about it, you are absoutely right, newshound. That's way too many different kinds of fish. I find that you can often tell a beginner's tank by the fact that they will have one or two of a huge variety of fishes, and no proper schools of anything. In my excitement over this new tank ...

The complete list of things that I want in that tank are:

angelfish
some kind of tetras
4 rosy barbs (I already have these)
3 Siamese algae eaters
1 bristlenose pleco or 1 royal farlowella or both
4 rams
4-6 kubotias
6 or more corys
maybe something else (headstanders, hatchetfish if angels won't ...

Thanks for your reply, Shari.

I'm not sure on the eventual number of angels. I guess I just want it to look "right". I'm thinking somewhere in the range of 3 to 5 of them. If you have any advice for the right number of angels for that size tank, given that I want to have other fish as well, I'd ...

I have a new tank sitting in the corner of my sitting room. It's big: about 60 gallons if I calculate it right. The tank dimensions given are 100cm x 40cm x 70cm (39in x 15in x 27in). Mainly I want to put angelfish in this, but I want lots of other lovely fish to go with it!

For the bottom I have ...