Cookieskennels Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 im looking at getting some baby lionheads but is there anything that wont get along with most comunity fish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Almost all african cichlids wont, most central american cichlids wont, and some of the larger S american cichlids wont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Almost all african cichlids wont, most central american cichlids wont, and some of the larger S american cichlids wont. Lol so do any do ok! Im guessing not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid7 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 some smaller south american ones do fine like rams etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Kribensis, Angelfish, discus, Keyholes, festive, And most south american dwarf cichlids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookieskennels Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 ok thanks... although 1 of my new rams has taken a liking to the young guppys......i didnt think they would try eat them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookieskennels Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 p.s the ram is the only surviving one from being shipped, its come right but all the others sadly died could this b why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 What kind of rams are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Dwarf cichlids would be your best bet. I've found the majority of SA cichlids to be pretty calm tempered and would be fine in a community tank except, like most fish, they'll eat anything that fits in their mouths and they tend to have pretty big mouths. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Define community? I take it you aren't talking about a 1000L tank with a community of large central american cichlids? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Most cichlids will do fine in a community, it's the other inhabitants you should be worried about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookieskennels Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 its a baby bolivian rainbow ram, and um i think when the others arrive i will set up my old tank for them. its big enuft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 I'm fully lost eh. 1. The term 'cichlid' covers such a broad range of fish it is impossible to make generalisations about them.* 2. Are you getting lionheads or bolivian rams or what? Or have you already got them? 3. Why on earth is this thread in the T&E forum when you're not selling anything? 4. You need to be way more specific with your questions and the information you give if you want people to be of any real help. Your first post doesn't even make sense. Don't take this personally or anything, I just get tired of people asking such vague questions that are nearly impossible to answer safely. If you are asking if lionheads will be alright with your "community fish" then you need to tell us the size of the tank, what fish are in it, whats filtering it, and what the water is like before we can even begin to answer the question. Otherwise its really just a stab in the dark... * obviously there are generalisations that can be made about all cichlids, which is why they are all in the family Cichlidae. Those generalisations are only morphological though, and their requirements and behaviour in aquaria couldn't be more varied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Posted August 20, 2008 Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 Good point - #3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookieskennels Posted August 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2008 um sorry, ive been pretty tired lately, i have 1 ram and more to come but they can go in their own tank, also im not getting any cichlids now, and sorry this is in the wrong place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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