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.