What kind of tankmates should he get?

[sncrowe]

My brother is having a hard time figuring out what kind of tankmate he wants for his Bumblebee cichlid. I am not sure but we think it is a female and right now it's just her a catfish and a pleco in his 55 gallon and he would like more fish but is having problems making his mind up about what kind of other fish he wants.

Here is a pic of his cichlid!


He has had him for about 2 years in the 20 gallon i have now and he just put him in his 55 gallon.

[angelcakes]

not got a clue but nice fish..............

[Angila]

Cool Fish he should get an electric blue cichlid to go with her... if they had babys would it make green cichlids? lol Just Kidding

[travie]

Other cichlids frow Lake Malawi that have about the same level of aggression and about the same size. And what kind of catfish is in the tank?

[sncrowe]

Other cichlids frow Lake Malawi that have about the same level of aggression and about the same size. And what kind of catfish is in the tank?

blue channel

[travie]

blue channel

I know nothing about that catfish, but like I said, Other cichlids frow Lake Malawi that have about the same level of aggression and about the same size, should get along with your cichlid in your tank.

[Wild Turkey]

What type of pleco is it? If its a common pleco hes going to outgrow that tank. As everyone else has said Cichlids of id similar size and temperments will often co-exist peacefully.

[travie]

blue channel

turkey151 its a blue channel catfish.

[Wild Turkey]

turkey151 its a blue channel catfish.

Yea i realized that after the fact. My bad on that one.

[sncrowe]

What type of pleco is it? If its a common pleco hes going to outgrow that tank. As everyone else has said Cichlids of id similar size and temperments will often co-exist peacefully.

is there anything else besides a cichlid that he could put in there????