will chiclids kill other fish in a community tank?

Question

i have a community tank with clown loaches a bala shark and some catfish what type {if any}chiclids will live happily with them?

Answer 1

All of the fish you have mentioned are bottom dwellers and big, so the best cichlid options are ones that use the middle of the water. Angel fish would certainly work. If your tank is big enough to hold bala sharks and clown loaches it would also be big enough to hold Severums, which are nice, mild, and tend to work with larger community fish. A Blue Acara would also likely do fine.

Mentioning the size of the tank only helps.

Before jumping into cichlids though, consider heading over to www.cichlid-forum.com to learn about them first.

Answer 2

Most hobbyists have heard of the fish family called "Cichlids", but many mistakenly assume that all cichlids are the same - too mean for community tanks, but can be kept together with all other cichlids. The truth is, however, that the cichlid family is very large and includes fish of many sizes and levels of aggression.

Here are some fishes for you:
Small (less than 6") Community Cichlids: includes Rams and other Apistogramma species from the Americas, the Chromides from Asia, Kribensis and other Pelvicachromis and Nannochromis from West Africa, and many of the smaller Lamprologus, Julidochromis and Telmatochronis from East Africa. While still territorial, most of these fish have small enough territories to allow them to mix with other active fish (larger tetras, barbs, danios, livebearers) in tanks 30 gallons or larger.

Medium (6" to 12") Community Cichlids: includes the beautiful Angel Fish, Discus, Festivum, and Severum from the Americas and most of the Peacock (Aulonocara and Trematocranus species) from East Africa. These fish are best kept in larger (minimum 30 gallon, but 50 is better yet) aquariums, and generally mix with other active fish near their size.

Large (10" and up) Community Cichlids: includes "Oscars" and Peacock Bass from the Americas, Mozambiques and other Tilapia species from Africa, and many of the Haplochromis (venustus, polystigma, livingstoni, etc...) from East Africa. Large aquariums (70 gallons and up) are a must, but these fish can often be kept with other large fish like Clown Knives, Shovelnose and other large catfish, Arawanas, and the like.

Hope this helps !

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Chiclids will eat other babies, mainly live bearers i.e. Guppies, Mollies etc. The fish that you mention are all OK. Also Angels will fight and kill each other sometimes. I've bred Kribensis and Auratus successfully. Angels are another easy to breed fish.

Answer 5

I would be very careful about adding cichlids to your tank.If you really want to try some try the less aggressive types like a convict or fire mouth not the African ones and watch your tank carefully for signs if aggression.

Answer 6

That needs to be a 125 gallon tank at least. It really depends on what type of cichlids you want. Rams might be ok.

Answer 7

i have 4 blue dolphin cichlids, and they live with 3 silver sharks and 10 guppies,and a pleco ive had no problem, they have been together for 3 months now, x