GT Cichlids breeding with other fish

[brownorch]

Hi,
I was wondering if I could get a pair of GTs and keep them with any other kind of fish in a 150 gallon tank?
I was thinking I would get all the fish as juveniles and then wait for the GTs breed. But basically I want to know is there any fish/fishes that could live with a breeding pair of GTs?

 

[Deadeye]

They can easily claim a 150, so I would say your best off with non-cichlid options like large tetras (or other types of dithers) and appropriate catfish.

 

[duanes]

They can easily claim a 150, so I would say your best off with non-cichlid options like large tetras (or other types of dithers) and appropriate catfish.

Agree
I put about a dozen juvies Andinoacara coerleopunctatus in a 180 gal (smaller cousins to your GT).
At maturity, the alpha male killed all other cichlidss except 3 cooperative females.
He left all non-cichlids alone. (fish like large tetras, gobies, Plecos)
Where GTs come from, on the western slopes of the Andes there are few other species of endemic cichlids, which in many cases does not bode well for other cichlid species introductions to a GT tank.

 

[scalareson]

I have Black Phantoms and a Pictus in my GT tank and it's a delicate balance. My GT is very hostile and makes occasional runs at the tetras, but he's basically too slow for the time being. That situation isn't sustainable though, and I don't recommend unless you have an backup tank. He ignores the Pictus, maybe you'd have luck with catfish.