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dispose
09-14-2008, 1:21 PM
I have a gold and silver gourmi, who pick on each other quite often. I just introduced two cichlids into the tank that are bigger then the gourmi's. It's 55 gal. and I also have 2 swordtails, a black molly, and a fiscus catfish.
The cichlids are grey with black striping,
I was just wondering if Cichlids would kill any other inhabitants, (they are all pretty tough from the gold gourmi picking on them)
If anyone could answer my question I would appreciate it a lot.
piggy67
09-14-2008, 5:55 PM
hmmmm,grey with black stripes.are you talking about convict's?
jpappy789
09-20-2008, 1:54 PM
There are hundreds of different cichlids so we really need and exact ID to let you know whether the mix will work or not...please post a pic.
jm1212
09-21-2008, 4:26 PM
i would not keep gold or silver gouramis with cichlids, especially africans.
theredchaser
09-21-2008, 11:40 PM
I have a dwarf gourami in my discus tank and they fight a little during feeding time. I'm guessing african cichlids would be much worse... Your cichlids sound like convicts which would be a terrible idea to put em with anything really... I would ID them before you do anything.
saltydunc
10-15-2008, 3:56 PM
i tried a pair of convicts in with my oscar years back...the convicts were not even half the size of my oscar and they still were beating him up..in the end i had to trade them....cool fish though but better kept on their own.
jameshilljr
10-15-2008, 4:38 PM
i would not keep gold or silver gouramis with cichlids, especially africans.
...or swordtails/molly's...
If they are cons, you might want to find out if it's a pair(the female has a reddish tint on the abdomen)-because when they spawn-they can terrorize fish much bigger than they are!
You also might want to decide what you want-a cichlid tank, or community tank(there are some more peaceful cichlids that can be fine with community fish-rams,etc.)
Ruben Tolon
10-17-2008, 10:12 PM
i tried a pair of convicts in with my oscar years back...the convicts were not even half the size of my oscar and they still were beating him up..in the end i had to trade them....cool fish though but better kept on their own.
if the convicts aren't paired up they will do fine in a cichlid community, even with oscars if the tank is large
saltydunc
10-19-2008, 12:56 PM
if the convicts aren't paired up they will do fine in a cichlid community, even with oscars if the tank is large
yes that was the problem they were a pair and when they spawned they were very aggressive.