BP tankmates?

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blackghostknife

blackghostknife

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I re-homed all of the fish in my 55 except for my 4 inch BP. I would like to put another type of cichlid in with her (pretty sure it's a her). what are your suggestions? Or should I just get another BP and a small school of tetras and call it full?
 
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Salvini can be really nasty.
I'd go with another bp and some dithers.
 
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BP's can be fairly anti social as well... You need something that can hold his own.. If not a salvini then maybe a Dempsey.
 
I'd just build a community around her, mine was fairly placid with everything; as long as it was smaller than her and not a cichlid. She wouldn't look twice at cory's, tetra's (bigger than neons), pleco's etc; I then tried adding another BP and she beat the s*it out of it
 
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There are lots of cichlids that will do great with a BP. A severum will work very well as they'll keep the blood parrot in its place. Another BP, con, or jack can work but they may bicker a bit if there are no dithers. I do not recomend a salvini though. It is a beast.
 
My bp are large and so they're with a Midas Jack Dempsey and FH just be careful make sure the bp are muh bigger to start out
 
she's about 4 inches long now. in the past I kept her with gouramis and she ignored them entirely. same with danios and african knives. the gouramis I had for literally 6 years and they were full size adult blues that died of old age. she never looked twice at them.

But because the tank is only 55 gallons I'm a bit iffy on what else to put in. I've always though JD's and convicts were cool cichlids, but my water is soft here and I don't want to put central americans in if the water is going to disagree with them.
 
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she's about 4 inches long now. in the past I kept her with gouramis and she ignored them entirely. same with danios and african knives. the gouramis I had for literally 6 years and they were full size adult blues that died of old age. she never looked twice at them.

But because the tank is only 55 gallons I'm a bit iffy on what else to put in. I've always though JD's and convicts were cool cichlids, but my water is soft here and I don't want to put central americans in if the water is going to disagree with them.
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That's a solid argument but my JD and parrot have been around for about 7 years and I'm gonna admit my water ain't the best for Central American cichlids

Bichers a good idea (smaller species)
Try another bp?
Could try to get a compromise on the water and try a JD but might want a slightly bigger tank maybe (parrots can get pretty big my largest is 8 inches)
How strong is ur filtration (they can get dirty)
Diet? And pictures plz

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Here's my current set up but I'm giving away my female Midas after 7 years she's just too tough on the other fish
 
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