What other fish do you have with your cichlids?

[MB]

The topis says it all, what other fish swim around with your cichlids?
I'd like to get an idea of what are acceptable tank mates. The
cichlids I have are still small, nothing longer than 2 inches.

[ModeratelyConfused]

"MB" > wrote in message
...
> The topis says it all, what other fish swim around with your cichlids?
> I'd like to get an idea of what are acceptable tank mates. The
> cichlids I have are still small, nothing longer than 2 inches.

Well, with my chocolate cichlid, I have a pleco. That's it. IMO, as long
as it has some kind of armor it should be ok in my case. What kind of
cichlids do you have? With my firemouths, I have some black neons acting as
dither fish (which isn't working ).

MC

[Vicki S]

I keep a school of corys, red fin loaches, bleeding heart tetras, lemon
tetras, surpae (sp?) tetras and an albino rainbow shark with my angels,
festivums and keyhole cichlids. The shark is my daughters and is a
replacement for our old one who died a week or so ago. (sad day in the
home but she found a tiny little one and she is happy with him.)

Vicki

[MB]

Figuring out what cihlids I have is tricky. My LFS isn't very good
about labeling the species. I bought a 'yellow cichlid', an 'orange
cichlid', and few 'assorted cichlids'.

[Kelly]

I have about 30 cichlids, a red-tailed black shark, and 2 chinese algae
eaters in a 90g. It's not the best place for the shark, but he is a good
bottom feeder, lets me know if the oxygen in the tank is ok, and is as
aggressive as the cichlids. He's doing good so far, nice and fat ;)
Kelly

[Amateur]

"MB" > wrote in message
...
> Figuring out what cihlids I have is tricky. My LFS isn't very good
> about labeling the species. I bought a 'yellow cichlid', an 'orange
> cichlid', and few 'assorted cichlids'.

Tankmates for your cichlids is going to be based largely on what species of
cichlids you have.
Your yellow cichlid may be a Labidochromis caeruleus. The orange cichlid can be
any number of things from a Neolamprologus leleupi to a Pseudotropheus saulosi
female. You need to ID your cichlids.
If you had something like German Rams, they could coexist with a number of
tropical fish happily. Most Mbuna, like the ones you most likely have, get along
with very few other non-cichlids. This also depends on tank size.
Look through some sites, ID your fish. ;-)
Here's an article you can read if you get bored.
http://www.amateurcichlids.com/articles/damage_control.shtml
Some sites to research fish on.
http://www.amateurcichlids.com/fish.shtml
http://www.fishaholics.org
http://www.cichlid-forum.com
AC

[Happy'Cam'per]

Boesemani Rainbows go well with Rift Lake Cichlids, they like the more
alkaline water and are fast enough to evade aggression.
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"MB" > wrote in message
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> The topis says it all, what other fish swim around with your cichlids?
> I'd like to get an idea of what are acceptable tank mates. The
> cichlids I have are still small, nothing longer than 2 inches.

[Polarhound]

Just about anything put into the tank with my buttikoferi would be
chunks of fish guts within hours.

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> The topis says it all, what other fish swim around with your cichlids?
> I'd like to get an idea of what are acceptable tank mates. The
> cichlids I have are still small, nothing longer than 2 inches.

I've used Rainbowfish with great success.... some have used white clouds,
giant danios....

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[Justin Thyme]

With my Severum I had some pearl, blue & gold gourami, some black widow
tetras, a couple of bristlenose, & a large tandanus catfish. I had no
problems with them - the severum and gourami were about the same size (~4
inches), and considerably larger than the black widow tetras (~1 inch). I
also had some 2" convicts in another tank that I decided to put into the
main tank - this didn't work - the convicts being so much more agressive
hammered the gourami pretty hard, even though the gourami are twice their
size. So the gourami and tetras went into another tank, and now in the main
tank it's just severum, convicts & the various catfish.

"MB" > wrote in message
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> The topis says it all, what other fish swim around with your cichlids?
> I'd like to get an idea of what are acceptable tank mates. The
> cichlids I have are still small, nothing longer than 2 inches.

[Cookie]

MB > wrote in message >...
> The topis says it all, what other fish swim around with your cichlids?
> I'd like to get an idea of what are acceptable tank mates. The
> cichlids I have are still small, nothing longer than 2 inches.


I keep 4 giant danios and 1 plec with my Oscar.

[TYNK 7]

>Subject: Re: What other fish do you have with your cichlids?
>From: (Cookie)
>Date: 3/20/2004 4:56 PM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: >
>
>MB > wrote in message
>...
>> The topis says it all, what other fish swim around with your cichlids?
>> I'd like to get an idea of what are acceptable tank mates. The
>> cichlids I have are still small, nothing longer than 2 inches.
>
>
>I keep 4 giant danios and 1 plec with my Oscar.
>

I keep Angelfish (yep..they're Cichlids), with fully grown Neons, a male Betta,
several female Bettas, Panda and Pygmy Cories, and African Dwarf Frogs.
Oh....Clown loachestoo.

[Ryan Minaker]

How do Angle Fish do with Africans?



On 21 Mar 2004 03:33:23 GMT, (TYNK 7) wrote:

>>Subject: Re: What other fish do you have with your cichlids?
>>From: (Cookie)
>>Date: 3/20/2004 4:56 PM Central Standard Time
>>Message-id: >
>>
>>MB > wrote in message
>...
>>> The topis says it all, what other fish swim around with your cichlids?
>>> I'd like to get an idea of what are acceptable tank mates. The
>>> cichlids I have are still small, nothing longer than 2 inches.
>>
>>
>>I keep 4 giant danios and 1 plec with my Oscar.
>>
>
>I keep Angelfish (yep..they're Cichlids), with fully grown Neons, a male Betta,
>several female Bettas, Panda and Pygmy Cories, and African Dwarf Frogs.
>Oh....Clown loachestoo.

[TYNK 7]

(snipped)

>Subject: Re: What other fish do you have with your cichlids?
>From: Ryan Minaker
>Date: 3/21/2004 11:41 AM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: >
>
>How do Angle Fish do with Africans?
>
>

From what I know, Africans can only be mixed with the right type of other
Africans.

[coelacanth]

"Ryan Minaker" > wrote in message
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> How do Angle Fish do with Africans?
>
If you mean "Angelfish" the answer is depends, but not
something I personally would recommend. Africans
thrive in hard alkaline water (assuming we're talking
Mbunas and the like) and range from somewhat aggressive
to insanely ultraviolent.

Angels originally came from soft, acid river water, but
can accept a huge range of water conditions. Having said
that, African Rift-type water is really at the extreme and
they will not thrive. Although they can be aggressive with
each other, especially when spawning, they are very,
very gentle for cichlids.

Based only on second-hand experiences and general
knowledge, I wouldn't mix them. Having said that,
I'm sure someone will post that they've been doing this
for decades. But in this kind of setup, one or the other
variety will get the short straw and sub-optimal
conditions.

-coelacanth

[Ryan Minaker]

Cool, thanks for the info. I've recently done a full cleaning of my
100G and I've decided that I'm going to try for a South American
Cichlid tank instead of African this time around.

So far I've purchased two Oscars. Do you think they would devour
Angles also? Any suggestions for South American's that I could mix
with my oscars?

Thanks!
Ryan



On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 06:12:44 GMT, "coelacanth" >
wrote:

>
>"Ryan Minaker" > wrote in message
...
>> How do Angle Fish do with Africans?
>>
>If you mean "Angelfish" the answer is depends, but not
>something I personally would recommend. Africans
>thrive in hard alkaline water (assuming we're talking
>Mbunas and the like) and range from somewhat aggressive
>to insanely ultraviolent.
>
>Angels originally came from soft, acid river water, but
>can accept a huge range of water conditions. Having said
>that, African Rift-type water is really at the extreme and
>they will not thrive. Although they can be aggressive with
>each other, especially when spawning, they are very,
>very gentle for cichlids.
>
>Based only on second-hand experiences and general
>knowledge, I wouldn't mix them. Having said that,
>I'm sure someone will post that they've been doing this
>for decades. But in this kind of setup, one or the other
>variety will get the short straw and sub-optimal
>conditions.
>
>-coelacanth
>

[Polarhound]

Polarhound wrote:

> Just about anything put into the tank with my buttikoferi would be
> chunks of fish guts within hours.

I need to correct this earlier statement of mine.

My 4" Buttikoferi has been co-existing well with a 3.5" Leporinus. They
both have their territories (The koferi can't fit into the Lep's hiding
spots) and they often swim together in the tank with only occasional
chases along the lines of, "I think I want to be where you're swimming,"
movement which has been done by both of them.