View Full Version : bottom dweller with aggressive cichlids
HiImSean
10-03-2007, 8:54 AM
im fixing to get my fish for my 55g tank. im planning on 2 salvini. could i add some sort of bottom dweller? i'd be too afraid to get cories and im not a big fan of plecos. would a rapheal cat work?
toehead11183
10-03-2007, 9:02 AM
how bout some big clown loaches, a botia modesta, or some small catfish like the sun catfish.
JD_MAN
10-03-2007, 4:57 PM
I liked to use a pictus cat or some type of synodontis when I was keeping SA/CA cichlids.
killerfish
10-03-2007, 6:33 PM
not much if they breed they can be very aggressive when breeding but try pictus, rapheal, or a syno
I would never recommend clown loaches to be kept with aggressive cichlids. Yasuhikotakia modesta and loaches of Syncrossus genus perhaps will do better.
My other suggestions are doradids, synos and plecos.:)
KurseD
10-03-2007, 9:05 PM
doradids would be good
KaraJo
10-04-2007, 9:45 AM
I had my raphael in with my cichlids and they never bothered him. I gave him a place to hide anyway though...he is seldom seen. I have a chocolate pleco in with them also and they don't bother him at all either.
halofishboy
10-07-2007, 10:19 PM
Pictus does seem like a good choice.. a raphael could work and it is true.. you might never see it, the raphael
mssassysan2000
10-09-2007, 1:52 AM
Maybe some CL's I have bumble bee's in with my african's they stay hidden most of the time but they're getting along fine.:headbang2
how bout some big clown loaches, a botia modesta, or some small catfish like the sun catfish.
I had a modesta kick a Salvini out of his cave once. Awesome tough loach.
Maybe some CL's I have bumble bee's in with my african's they stay hidden most of the time but they're getting along fine.:headbang2
I'd never recommend clown loaches for aggressive cichlids.
I'd never recommend clown loaches for aggressive cichlids.
I have a Carpintis and a Hartwegi with my large clown loaches. I wouldn't risk my large clowns with cichlids that can fit my loaches in their mouths. This would be a risk to the cichlids as well, with the opercular spines.
HiImSean
11-05-2007, 4:34 PM
well i ended up getting 2 sevs, a male(gold) and female(green). i have a sand bottom. would a golden nugget pleco or synodontis cat be better. im kinda thinking the pleco since i've been having a brown algae problem lately and they're fairly cheap around here
HiImSean
11-07-2007, 4:07 PM
anyone/