Big, pretty, aggressive cichlid?

[Redbellypiranha]

arowana, peacock bass for sure if your looking for color and aggressiveness

 

[TheHolyArachnid]

dovii for sure... it should leave the rays alone, if they are big enough...

Your joking right? Ray's are soft, and a dovii can tear through a ray in seconds.


Get a festae, look at these gorgeous cichlids

^^Not my photo!

 

[Jimmy16]

Your joking right? Ray's are soft, and a dovii can tear through a ray in seconds.


Get a festae, look at these gorgeous cichlids
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^^Not my photo!

you've never seen the 15+ disk diameter rays eh? they're tough as nails.

 

[haynchinook334]

Don't you want a fish from at least the same continent as your ray?

arowana, peacock bass for sure if your looking for color and aggressiveness

I can vouche for the Argent, beautiful helmet head, mean as a snake, beautiful colors under the light. Contact Cichlid Connection who is a vendor here, name is Gage, he should have some for ya. Mine is a beast and the 500 gallon is his tank

I wouldn't put my tilapia in with my 19" ray for fear of what it could do. Mean ass fish, I wouldn't try it. Nice p.bass is the way to go. Maybe 2 or 3 pick your color, there are some amazing species out there

These four people give sound advice. If you want exotic fish, then I would recommend some of the general area of your ray. As for size mixed with rays (depending on male or female) then I would go with something that can keep up with the rays growth and obtain a larger size of 12". Smaller size, fast swimming cichlid can, and will peck at the eyes, spots and or tail of the ray.

 

[Chub_by]

Surprises nobody has mentioned umbee yet. Not sure how they are with rays though because I never kept either.

 

[oscaroo]

I think an arawana would be nice.

 

[haynchinook334]

I think an arawana would be nice.

Not a cichlid....op was asking for cichlids......cichlids....cichlids........

 

[lungfishlover]

umbee or festae look great but not sure about them with a ray. what ray are you looking at?

 

[JasonsPlecosCichlids]

you've never seen the 15+ disk diameter rays eh? they're tough as nails.

I had 1 motoro with a 24" disk, another with a 22" and several approaching between 10-18", even my biggest female ray, they arent as tough as you think, especially with a large fish with exposed teeth on a powerful set of jaws.