Jewel Cichlids

[randallhart]

Well, Has anyone had experience with these guys. I was hoping to place them in my 55 gallon, but I have semi aggressive fish in there and I don't know if Jewel cichlid are really aggressive.

 

[kribensis12]

They will be fine, my lfs keeps kribs with them and have no problems whatsoever.

 

[MoonstruckMuse]

Yup, should be fine. Mine got considerably more aggressive as they got older, to the point where he picks on all the other fish (including semi-aggressive, haha) in the tank. Not too much though.

 

[The-Wolf]

if this is an uptodate list of your 55G
55 gallon
1 gold killifish
1 angelfish
4 congo tetras
5 rosy barbs
2 albino corys
2 panda corys
2 bronze corys
1 whiptail catfish
1 clown pleco

the only problem i can see with the jewels are the long ventral fins of the angel and
the filament tail of the whiptail cat, both would become shorter

 

[randallhart]

Yes that is the current update. Thank you all. I could move the angel but I can't get rid of my whiptail. Sorry to add this in there but if there are any other cichlids you think would be great in there please tell me.

 

[randallhart]

Anyone?

 

[The-Wolf]

any of the dwarf cichlids would be ok

 

[matt295]

yeha i would go with dwarfs like appistos, rams, etc.

 

[randallhart]

Thank you.

 

[pattyplaty]

Kribs would do really well, if kept singly. If they spawn, they will be aggressive, but they are peaceful otherwise. They are the easiest dwaf cichlids to care for And really pretty!! :]]]

 

[randallhart]

Had two kribs. Male and Female. Both died. Don't know why. Every other fish I had was fine but thanks for the suggestion.

 

[metalcherry]

I bought my krib first and he killed my baby albino oscar by bullying it - oscar kept to the top and kept trying to get out the water and i was told that he was trying to kill himself sadly i never got him in time.

I was very nervous about putting in anything else with the krib in fear of him killing them. But recently i purchased a pair of jewel cichlids, they were fine at first but all of a sudden the female got fat and began chasing the krib about but no damage, it looks like a game of tig at times where one chases then they turn round and chase back.

now the female is thin again - im guessing shes laid her eggs but i cant find them but i believe they are in an ornament shes sticking quite close to.

Jewels appear to be less agressive than kribs and put together they form a sort of Stale-mate situation so they both seem to live together happily, sadly i was told a shawl of white mountain minnows would be fine in the tank with them but sadly that is not the case.....they appeared to be fine, they got chased but they were never attacked but i started with 6 - woke up next day to 3 came back at night and now we have 2 - no remains - no nothing, they look too big to fit in their mouths so they must have bit them and eaten them because there is no traces of the missing 4.

anyways - back on track, they seem to be fine with other cichlids from what im seeing, but they appear to be nippy little tykes when pregnant but bareable to other fish