2 platys and 1 swordtail... with 3 tiger barbs

[tire]

how do you think they should get along?

they have only been in the tank for a few hours, but they get along great. absolutely no aggressive behavior, and the tiger barbs aren't small. the smaller nice fish are kinda large for what they are, and i'm glad they haven't been picked on.

will a smallish chiclid be ok if there is a pack of tiger barbs?

the tank is 45 gal, hex shaped.

 

[schiejr]

I once kept a school of tiger barbs with a group of brichardi in a 29gal. They did well together until pair formation/breeding started then I had to rescue the barbs.

Many of the smaller, less agressive cichlids do ok in a community type setting. A.curviceps(I think Laetacara now), Keyhole, Festivum, Checkerboard. Did you have anything in mind?

 

[tire]

i'm new to this. i will end up getting a smallish chiclid but man i'd like a firemouth! will a peacock one work?

 

[Gunn]

I have a bolivian ram in a 20g with 4 very small tiger barbs, 2 danio and a platy and they all get along fine. The ram is somewhat the boss, but he just stays in his own corner, and all the other fish just swim away from him if he starts to get aggressive. He never chases them though... just nips at them if they get in his space.