Strange Cichlid buddy combos?

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my 8inch female parachromis loisellei paired up with a 10 inch saxatillis pike cichlid for 2 yrs till the pike died..now she is with a 10 inch rtm....
 
I have two Oscar "couples" that have paired up. One of my yellow labs hangs with the Lutino couple. The 3 of them swim back and forth together all day long. Its kind of cute, sort of like a young couple that gets a new dog lol :)
 
A cozin of mine just gave me a fish. Or at least said she was giving me a fish. I was told I was getting a convict that was beating up its tank mates (Imagine that?!?!)

When I looked into the bucket I was quite perplexed, the "convict" is a black oscar and it came with a jewel cichlid.

She tells me the jewel cichlid is the only fish the "convict" has never tried to kill.

An African and South American cichlid went together into QT in my basement a week ago. They will get separated after QT, but I only had one QT set up when they arrived as I was only expecting one fish. So far so good.
 
Maybe I should try my Red Empress with my JD. The Empress occasionally struggles to get along with the others in my African tank.
 
My Oscar and jag good friends that's the only reason I keep my red Oscar!! They sleep together, they play fight all the time cause if it did get serious the jag would crush the Oscar!!!Pretty entertaining I say, oscar stats 12-14 inchs and jag 17-19inchs!! Not exaggerated!!!:)
 
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