what chiclids can be housed in a comunity tank with mollies,guppies,angels,neons,red finned shark,sucking fish and ghost shrimp????
and what small chiclids are good for small speices tanks??
thanks ,
Saff xxx

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i love these but i think they get too big for a comunaty tank are there any smaller spieces??

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i have kept convicts with Comunity fish and i have a pair of Kribs in there at mo, theres also thinks like german rams or Satanoperca jurapari or Geophagus daemon but they are quite large Mesoauta festivus (Festivum) or Heros severus (Severum) again reasonable sized peaceful cichlids,Severums will destroy any plants urm Rainbow chiclids are peacefull looking at getting some of them myself.

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thanks ill have to look out for some of thouse!
what about parrot fish are they peacful?
thanks bosshogg!,
saff xx

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what size is the tank? it really all rests on that. i would say convicts or other cryptoheros, but in a smallish tank they may ell fight with the shark over territory. that said, i suggest you look into cryptoheros sajica, if you get genuine sagica they are absolute stunners, and lovely fish to watch. i have bred them, high red sajica, and gold fin sajica for 4 years, and i love em to bits!

apart from that i would suggest you look into pelvicachromis, or nanochromis. these are small peaceful west african cichlids, the most common of which is the Krib.

I would not recommend satanoperca sp. including satanoperca daemon and jurupari, as these, whilst being relatively peaceful, get large and have the ability to swallow small fish. They also require soft slightly acidic water to thrive.

Rainbow cichlids are often thought of as being charming little fish, but mine (wild caught) were alot more aggressive than people give them credit for.

another nice small cichlid is neetroplus nematopus, but do not be tempted. these are very aggressive, active fish.i kept my pair in a 5 foot tank with a big pair of amphilophus macracanthus and they were able to fend them off no problem.

Alex

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parrot fish are hybridised, selectively bred fish. they are entirely man made, with many people going even further by tettooing them, or dyeing them by injecting dyes. This fish has been inbred and hybridised to such an extent, that they can no longer shut their mouth. why choose one when you have a huge selection of stunning natural cichlids that are more suitable. and yes they are aggressive.

Alex

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i think my tank is a 30-40? gallon not sure though think its that.......
i didnt know parrots were hybrids

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the ones you most likely have seen are hybrids. the real parrot cichlid is a large central american cichlid hoplarchus psittacus. not recommended for your tank though!

bearing in mind the tank you quoted, i would suggest you look into either cryptoheros sajica or kribs. they are the best candidates. i would not go for convict cichlids unless you only want one. if you get a pair (like sajica) they will breed, literally every other week. with sajica, you will be able to sell them as they are saught after, unlike convicts

Alex

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so how big would cryptoheros sajica get?and could they be housed alone (with no other cryptoheros sajica)?
i used to have some blue rams in there wich i loved but we got white spot and over half of my fish died
but im now trying to stock the tank back up after waiting a few months for things to clear up........

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yea, they can live alone. female sajica should stay around 3" while males get to around 5" saying that, my 11 year old pair were breeding all the time, and the male was easily 8".

you can keep them alone, but i woud suggest getting a male and a female, as their courtship display and breeding colouration is stunning. you can sex them very easily becuase the rear part of a females dorsal fin is golden yellow.

i think people also call them jade eye cichlids, for their bright blue eyes! altogether a fish well worth waiting for!

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