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	Large Peaceful Cichlid
alicat1194 Hobbyist Posts: 78 Kudos: 9 Votes: 0 Registered: 28-Jul-2001	I lost my angelfish recently, and am now looking to replace her. I currently have a 65 gallon SA-style setup What would everyone recommend for a med-large cichlid to go in the tank? It has to be peacful enough to coexist with the other inhabitants of the tank (1 Keyhole, white clouds, 2 cories, 3x bristlenose), but not so timid that you never see it. TIA! (Hopefully soon to be 2 keyholes and 6 cories
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
Cichlid Keeper Big Fish Posts: 368 Kudos: 466 Votes: 304 Registered: 17-Aug-2003	Why not get a couple more angel fish? I think it would probably be about one of your best choices.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
bostonjon Fingerling Posts: 35 Kudos: 13 Votes: 1 Registered: 19-Feb-2004	My severum is peaceful .... pretty fish... but hard to predict temperment of a fish..........
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
Perky Mega Fish Posts: 1064 Kudos: 1036 Votes: 162 Registered: 24-Nov-2003	All fish can be aggresive or paceful. You could get a really peaceful Oscar or a super agressive Discus. Just the luck of the draw
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
Cichlid Keeper Big Fish Posts: 368 Kudos: 466 Votes: 304 Registered: 17-Aug-2003	Yeah ,but lets be honest the chances of putting an oscar in this tank without it at some point making a meal out of most everything in the tank is at best slim to none.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
cichlidiot Hobbyist Posts: 142 Registered: 14-Apr-2004	I agree with cichlid keeper on the angelfish idea. Even then a full grown angel could make a snack of some of your white clouds. And I don't think it is a question of being aggressive or peaceful if a fish gets eaten but one of nature. Big fish eat small fish! Last edited by cichlidiot at 26-Feb-2005 17:37
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
gnr4ever8794 Enthusiast Posts: 253 Kudos: 222 Votes: 24 Registered: 12-Apr-2004	Festivum Cichlids are usually a good choice, like angels though they have some bad apples.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
Cichlid Keeper Big Fish Posts: 368 Kudos: 466 Votes: 304 Registered: 17-Aug-2003	Point well taken Cichlidiot, I large enough angelfish may well indeed decide to make a meal out of the white clouds. The major draw back to the festivum cichlid is the fact that it does become aggressive during spawning. Last edited by Cichlid Keeper at 26-Feb-2005 20:49
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
Mike R Fish Addict Posts: 593 Kudos: 830 Votes: 322 Registered: 27-Jul-2004	I second the Severum. I've had 4 and only one of them was cranky. I still have the three nice ones. The other was the biggest and couldn't get along with anyone so I sold him. Good luck, Mike
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
driftwood Fingerling Posts: 15 Kudos: 11 Votes: 0 Registered: 19-Feb-2005	i like the severum idea also! the discus might work too depending on your current PH. the discus would be alittle mellower than the Severum i think.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
necio Fingerling Posts: 29 Kudos: 17 Votes: 0 Registered: 01-Aug-2004	well I have kept both angel and severums in my tank and both are great choices but i would probably go for the severum only for personality I currently got in my tank 4 severums only (angels passed away) and they are doing just fine, there's the ocassional chace but really really rare.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
Jimmy22 Fish Addict Posts: 582 Votes: 0 Registered: 03-Jun-2003	i think a chocolate would do well... might eat a few things... but thats how it is with cichlids.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
Dempsey fan Mega Fish Posts: 915 Kudos: 201 Votes: 3 Registered: 02-Aug-2000	I wouldn't recommend a chocolate. They very IMMENSELY from fish to fish. Some can be community fish and others are downright nasty. Probably the most diverse cichlid of them all as far as temerpment goes. I would go with a Uaru. A giant teddy bear of a cichlid.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02


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