swap to cichlids?

[aleisha]

i am wondering whether i should sell my 60 litre community tank for a cichlids only tank. every petstore ive been to said most cichlids are not community fish but youcan get a good variety just like a community tank
:help:

[skullduggery1]

Some cichlids are community fish.Kribensis can be,as can festivums,keyholes,most apisto's,dicrossus cichlids,and the laetacara cichlids.plus many ,many more.

[Abbeys_Mom]

I have a cichlids community tank. Severum, firemouths a parrot and black skirt tetras. You just have to be careful what you mix and be prepared if they don't get along.

[BLUKOI]

:fish: Brave and/or tough little tetras. Surprised the Sevs and Firemouth don't treat them as food.:fish:

[Demjor19]

I have a Uaru, Severum, Convict, Loaches, and various Tetra (Red Eye & Gold) in a community tank. I never even see as much as a nipped fin in the tank. Cichlid community tanks can EASILY be done with some research and planning. thumbs2:

[JCheco]

Convict really how'd you manage that?

[Abbeys_Mom]

My severum doesn't like fish with horizontal lines (kribs, minnows, barbs etc)
but the black skirts are round with a vertical "comma" mark. He just seems to ignore them. He did eat 3 of the red minors that I put in, I have moved the other 3 to another tank.

[jimmyjames]

I have several kinds of fish together that everyone always told me not to mix. I have various Peacocks ,Red Empress, Convicts, Jack Dempsy, Bala shark, Silver shark, Fire Mouth, Electric Blue Ali, and a few more that I don't remember what they are lol. Also have Oscars but they grew faster than anything else so moved them to their own tank. (only the largest gave me issues he ate my female Ali) I have males and females and my OB peacock just bread with my Electric blue so very excited to see what they are going to look like.