Non-aggressive

[dmarinko]

Could someone name a cichlid that will do good in this tank:

2 platinum gouramis
1 gold
1 dwarf
1 green cory
1 pileatus cory
1 clown loach
1 rainbow shark
3 sunburst platies
1 small african knifefish
1crayfish
1 fiddler crab
1kribensis

29 gal

 

[Fry]

angelfish, some sort of dwarf cichlid

 

[dmarinko]

thanks

 

[bigfishy69]

You may also want to consider a rusty cichlid, the most mellow of mbunas. Africans like alkaline water with PH 7.8+, just check that those conditions are compatible with your current tank.

 

[fishnthings]

a fahaka puffer...

 

[ewurm]

Maybe Rams, although I see the Rainbow shark as a problem if it is really aggressive.

 

[SinisterKisses]

You may also want to consider a rusty cichlid, the most mellow of mbunas. Africans like alkaline water with PH 7.8+, just check that those conditions are compatible with your current tank.

No, you really don't want to do that. "Mellow" mbuna are only mellow compared to other, more aggressive mbuna. No matter which mbuna species you look at, they're aggressive - just relatively less so sometimes than other mbuna. Any African would not work well in that tank; they're too aggressive, have completely different water conditions, and a 29gal is too small for any Malawi cichlid.

 

[scott g]

Some peacocks are almost as docile as goldfish but they are predators in the wild so it might be taking a chance.

 

[croc 2-3]

Could someone name a cichlid that will do good in this tank:

2 platinum gouramis
1 gold
1 dwarf
1 green cory
1 pileatus cory
1 clown loach
1 rainbow shark
3 sunburst platies
1 small african knifefish
1crayfish
1 fiddler crab
1kribensis

29 gal

beside the kribensis you already have you could try a lamprologus shell dweller. You will want to remove the four predators( ie. knifefish,crayfish, fiddler crab,& clown loach) you have though or they will start removing their prey when you least expect it. The rainbow shark will even get to big for the platies to be safe.

 

[SinisterKisses]

Can we think similar, proper water chemisty for these fish he's supposed to be mixing, people? Tangs require very hard water and a very high pH level (8.6 or above), which clearly won't work well with most of the fish he's already got listed in this tank.