List all PEACEFUL Cichlids here

[---XR---]

I guess where I am trying to get at is, cichlids that can be housed in a community setting.

Myself and guys like Ruck Fules house amphilophus/parachromis/etc community tanks (mine has 2 breeding pairs). So really you can house most species in community tanks, it just depends on individual bad apple fish ime/imo. there's only a few speices i wouldn't consider capable of commune tanks and there's excepetions to every "general rule of forum thumb." So anythings possible.

 

[Stump]

Severums are pretty peaceful. Mind you my only experience with them is housing two with a BGK. I'd say they are peaceful in general - for the most part.

 

[Eric A]

Severums are pretty peaceful. Mind you my only experience with them is housing two with a BGK. I'd say they are peaceful in general - for the most part.

Not when they get 10cm+ Mine beat the hell out of all my fish. It killed 3 20cm+ silver sharks and ate a group of blind cave tetras.

In my experiance, you can't go better than an angelfish, although my keyholes were a little narky at times (maybe my 2 were an odd two out?)

 

[thatcichlidguy]

I agree with the previous comments on Sevs. Peacefull till they get a little size on them then they can turn . Mine aren't too bad, but get pretty rough when the mood strikes.

 

[cichlid2006]

I guess where I am trying to get at is, cichlids that can be housed in a community setting.

gold saum aka GT, uaru A., blue acara, rainbow cichlid, kribs (african i know), rams and FM are what i have experience with in a community long term.

short term, but they were still juvies when i gave them away so i have no idea about adults, are oscar and parachromis loisellei. as juvies they went very well.

one i would be reluctant to try again after getting a hannibal lector/jason vorhees mix in scales is a gold severum. they are supposed to be peaceful but i found out how nasty they can be if you get the bad apple of the bunch. bad enough as a juvie so as an adult it would have needed solitary. i do believe this is the exception though hence why ive mentioned it.

 

[CTU2fan]

Chocolate cichlids are pretty mellow, thought I'd mention them along with some of the others already mentioned. Not apisto/angel/festivum level peaceful, closer to uaru a. or severums.

I've had sajicas and HRP's recommended to me as peaceful cichlids but I haven't kept them yet so don't quote me on them

 

[le patron]

Uarus , Angels , Discus, most Geos except G.Braziliensis, Apistos , Dwarf Acaras, Rams. Even with these guys though they tend to be rowdy amongst their own kind. Peacefull is a very relative term with any cichlid.

sorry but angels and discus arent cichlids

 

[Lizardking]

I currently have sajica, maculipinnis, multispinosa and spilurus in a community tank without problems.. oh and a laetacara curviceps. I also got a blue acara and a jd in the same tank. no problems with the jd but the blue acara messes with the sajica all the time..

 

[cichlid2006]

sorry but angels and discus arent cichlids

lmao i hope your kidding.

 

[thatcichlidguy]

sorry but angels and discus arent cichlids

LMAO They are cichlids, not big vicious predatory cichlids but cichlids none the less.