A:  I'd bump it up to 80 for the clowns.  You'll see them color up better.  And I don't think the dojos will care one way or the other.  LA
 

A:  Actually, you seem to be doing everything right (short of taking him back to Africa).  You probably are panicking too early.  He's probably fine but needs to adjust to his new quarters.  If you think he needs nutrition, give him some sweetened applesauce or baby food on a plastic spoon.  LA

A:  CAEs in my humble opinion can be nasty little suckers.  As they grow, they become nasty big suckers.  They make life miserable for any slow-moving fishes -- especially angels and goldfish.  They mix okay with speedy fishes like barbs, most cichlids, danios and so forth.  I've never kept them with amano or ghost shrimps because I don't trust them.  No experience myself, but if you mix them let me know.  Ditto the SAEs.  I wouldn't mix any fish that gets big with amano shrimps.  I do love ancistrus plecos.  LA
 

A:  Sorry I didn't comment on the corys.  They're armored, so I think they'll be fine.  LA

Mike Petruzzelli, Danbury, CT, March 20, 2007
I recently conned my mom into my buying my friend's 38-gallon tank, which I got for a bargain of $50 (including the tank, the hood, the light, a nice wood stand, and a backdrop). I bought w/e else I needed like the filter, air stone, and heater. And I added some stuff of my own including: a decent size piece of driftwood, a red stone I found in my basement, another orange colored stone I found in the creek behind my house, a PVC pipe, and two live and two plastic plants. The setup for a larger startup tank looks pretty nice, even for me being intermediate with my fish knowledge.
I waited about a week for the tank to be just right and went out and
bought fish. I wanted to go cichlid this time, so I bought 4 pink convicts, 1
Bolivian ram, 3 green corys, 1 metae cory, and I bought a clown plecostomus
about 3 days ago since I started getting some algae. Everything seems to be
going well for now.
I noticed a couple days ago that two of my convicts began some sort of
breeding process, but I'm not seeing eggs of any kind yet. I remember
reading on your website that females begin to color up gold on their sides
when they're ready to breed. I've figured out that 3 of my convicts are
female because of that and the male is slightly bulkier with a bump on his
head, like most male cichlids. The one thing that caught my eye is that 3 of
them are beginning to have a light blue color on their dorsal fins, which
makes them look really striking. I'm not sure if this is common in pink
convicts, but why does that happen? I was also wondering what other cichlids
are good mixers with pink convicts since my friend refused to sell me a
green terror saying it was too big for them and quite territorial. Enclosed
I have attached a few pictures I have taken of my new tank. Thank you for
your help.

MP

A1:  You got an excellent price.  Your convicts will love beating up your rams.  Add a couple caves for the rams and for the convicts.  Put them close to the front glass so you can watch your convicts spawn. 
A2:  Many fish that lack black pigment will show an iridescent blue where they lack black.
A3:  I hate to suggest tank mates for the convicts, because you should have another three or four dozen little convicts next month.  Then another six dozen the month after that.  Convict fry are one of the few egglayers that will eat commercial fry food.  LA 
PS  Do not take your pictures pointing straight at your tank or you will keep getting those flash reflections.  Move one foot to the left and re-shoot your picture.