Jewel Question

[Batmanjay28]

I want to buy a Jewel cichlid and was wondering if anyone would give me some advise from their own experiences with them. What are they like in community tanks and basically are they a fish that would be fun to have. Would they be good in a tank with Jd and Gt? thank you for your time.

 

[Ferris]

Lovely fish but usually very aggressive, certainly wouldn't reccommend them for a community tank. Can be kept singularly or as a pair but like most cichlids if they breed, they will defend their fry and any other fish in the tank will have a hard time.

 

[Conqueror]

I keep a single male Jewel in a mixed african tank. He doesn't seem to bother anyone.

If I try to introduce new fish toi the tank, he kills the hell out of them, but he coexists just fine with those already there.

CQ

 

[FroggFrogg]

I rather stupidly bought two (not a pair) who just baet the hell out of each other. I believe i did have a male and female who just didn't pair. The male left the female half dead after one attack so i removed her and put her in a seperate tank of SA cichlids. When she recovered she promptly began to attack everything so she got taken back to the LFS with the male.
They are beautiful fish if you have the space to give them the right tank and tankmates!

 

[jgray152]

I have one jewel turquois cichlid and he leaves everyone alone. I have had him for about 6 years now?. He was real sick when I bought him and I got him back healthy after a couple weeks. I have 2 other jewels that are about 3/4" in another tank, waiting for them to get big, they are in with similar sized gold fish and minows. They don't harm them.

I personally think they are good fish for community tanks. Thats just my experience though.

 

[dolphinstj]

I had a jewel in a 55 gallon with a belly crawler pike. They got along fine. Then I added a Dempsey same size as the full grown jewel. The dempsey got beat up on for a week and then started fighting back. Two months later the jewel is still alive but I don't know how. Other than always giving way to the JD who is now about one and a half inches longer. At least the pike minds his own business and stays in his cave.

 

[jgray152]

You could always try it and save your reciept