Cichlids For 100gal?

[Liam50]

i currently have 4 tin foils that are great but their eating is just crazy. also when they are fully grown i'm not sure i can keep them in my tank. so i was wondering if i could sell them what would be a good cichlid to maybe have 4 not aggressive and maybe grows around 20cm? the more colorful the better. at the moment i have a lone blue acara in there but he's only around 6-7 cm

 

[Ripley]

Discus, Serverums, Oscars, Green Terrors ( can be very aggressive, but I have had some in the past that are not too bad ), Angels.

 

[oscars r ace]

id deff hav a group of blue acara's in there, or oscars, they are ace, great personalitys on them

 

[Liam50]

kinda looking for peaceful cichlids rather than oscars green terors... but thanks for the responses

 

[bitteraspects]

Lol @ oscars



When it comes to larger cichlids, aggression kind of comes with the territory.
You can try EBJD, as they tend to be less aggressive then their non-electric cousins. And maybe look into some geophagus. Besides that, your stuck with thi gs like firemouths.

 

[oscars r ace]

oscars arn't overly aggressive, just a sheep in wolves clothing. no more than other cichlids anyway. if you want peacefull cichlid, go with blue acaras

 

[bitteraspects]

Hahahahaha.
Oscars are not aggressive. Just hungry.
But good call staying away from them.

 

[Davo86]

port acara, Severum, Keyholes, Sajica, Rainbows, T.elliotti,

 

[Ripley]

Like bitteraspects said, Oscars are more so hungry then aggressive. I find Oscars will simply eat anything that will fit in their mouths, so because they get a good size, that just includes more fish that are food lol. But Guppies will even eat what ever can fit in their mouths too lol.

 

[markandhisfish]

hmmm cichlids for a 100g eh? well theres sevs of course then sevs oh and did i mention sevs? lol ( slightly biased )

i wouldnt go with jack dempsey personally . lovely fish but would limit your stocking options a lot more than things like severums blue acara t-bar cichlid firemouths . there really is quite a lot you can do with 100g

 

[Liam50]

hey thanks for all your replies i do love cichlids and since getting rid of my old oscar ( i miss him) my tank hasn't been the same cichlids are just awesome fish. anyway i really like the look of elliotti cichlid but i'm having trouble finding information on them if anyone could either send me a link or tell me that would be great also are these rare and expensive?

 

[stang1]

Hope this helps:

Thorichthys ellioti

 

[Liam50]

Hope this helps:

Thorichthys ellioti

ha thanks i think it was because i was spelling elloti which double "t" anyway thanks

has anyone kept these guys as i was thinking maybe keeping four?

 

[foley69]

if ya wanted a nice big peacful cichlid why not a chocolate cichlid big daft things that arent aggressive then go for some smaller cichlids like firemouths and maybe a trio of geophagus for the bottom ....