What other fish do you have with your cichlids?

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.

"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.

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

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'.

"MB" wrote in message
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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/artic..._control.shtml
Some sites to research fish on.
http://www.amateurcichlids.com/fish.shtml
http://www.fishaholics.org
http://www.cichlid-forum.com
AC

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

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.

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

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.

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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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.