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[DaleJr]

[Corbanistan]

yes to the t-5's not sure on the other part but if it makes a difference, I am debating having a goby or two I with the catfish/plecos/cories

[jacki.r3]

Depending on what plecos you decide on, some get big and are very dirty fish. Lots of pooh. Then you would be better off with a canister type filter. A sunsun as recomended earlier are good and inexpensive. Should count on water in tank turnover should be around 4 times volume per hour. For a 55 gallon tank you would need a filter with a turnover gph/lph of 220 gph. HOB filters would need to be more like 10 times the volume. Don't know what your filters are rated at, but mine were rated for a 30-60 gallon tank was 330 gph each. Cannisters are really the best way to go for a large tank of 55 gallons or larger. And they are a lot less maintenance too.
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[Corbanistan]

plecos I will mostly stick with bristlenose and possibly rubberlip, I plan to have mostly small to medium sized fish, at most probably 10 to 14 cm

[DaleJr]