Salvini Tankmates

[numbah84]

Hello all, I have a 55 gallon currently holding a Texas and 6 silver dollars. As expected the Texas has grown to large and now I am looking for new options. I have always enjoyed the antics of cichlid breeding so I was thinking of a pair of Salvini cichlids and maybe a fire mouth or something similar. I would also be keeping the silver dollars.

So, 55 gallon w/ 500 gph
2 Salvini
1 Firemouth
6 Silver Dollars

Any issues yall see?
Thank You for reading!

 

[Reiner]

If you end up with a compatible pair (not so easy) your other fish will suffer in a 55. I'd try a pair of firemouth or a pair of blue acara

 

[ehh]

If you end up with a compatible pair (not so easy) your other fish will suffer in a 55. I'd try a pair of firemouth or a pair of blue acara

Agreed. Those silver dollars and fire mouth would be in a bad place.

 

[numbah84]

I was planning to get 6 juveniles from Jeff Rapps and grow them out and hope for a pair. Would the eventual Salvini Pair be okay with the 6 Silver Dollars?

 

[ehh]

No.

 

[Buphy]

In my limit experience as well as everything I've read, breeding cichlids you need to either have them solo or have a lot of room. I had a pair of jewels try spawning and forces all my jack Dempseys to the other side of the tank.

 

[ehh]

Salvinis are especially nasty.

 

[newworld]

I've kept them once, I've found them very aggressive I remember my pair taking over 3/4 of a 110 gallon tank...

 

[robham7770]

Sals are great fish, but not community. If you end up with a pair in a 55 be prepared to have a time out tank for the female, I had two pair breeding at one time(different tanks), and in both cases it went south very quickly.

 

[Blue Bear]

Breeding aside I've heard about Salvini randomly killing everything.