Hey everyone! I just finished re doing my 55 gallon tank and was thinking of doing African Cichlids, but I saw this forum and was reading a little on predators and was curious if there were any good predator combinations for a 55 gallon 4' long tank. If I can find a good combination I would like to switch my idea from the mbuna I plan on getting to something fierce that I maybe able to hand feed and have more interaction.

I'd recommend a senegal Bicher.
Any of the polypterus family would be good predator fish, but the senegal will only reach 12 to 14 inches and should be fine in that tank.

I have two.
The Polypterus Senegalus, and Polypterus Endilicheri.
The endi will get much bigger.

My senegal eats right from my fingers and is very active, swimming all over the tank.

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150G, 1 shovelnose sturgeon 8", 1 polypterus endilicheri 9", 1 leopard ctenapoma 4", 1 Distichodus Sexfasciatus 6", 1 Farlowella acus algae eater 8", 2 silver dollars, 2 tank bred angelfish, 1 clown knife 11", 1 Jaguar hybrid syntadonis 4", 6 African cichlids 3+"

I second the sen. Also Delhizi would work in that size tank as well. More of a pattern on them compared to the Sen.