Cichlid suggestion

[cichlid_dude]

I have a 29 gal with a trio of mollies and 3 ottos and was wanting a cichlid to put in with them. The selection for a tank of this size in this area is pretty slim. The cichlids I have to choose from at most lfs are Angels, Rams, and Kribs. I originaly was leaning more toward Kribs but now I am equally torn between all three. I am wondering what everyone else would do in my situation.

 

[docrak]

I was in your situation about 6 months ago, exact same fish and exact same tank. I went with the angelfish. I got four about 1" in diameter. I had to get rid of 2 after the other 2 paired off and spawned. I like rams, but my gold marble angels look so good. I've never had any experience with Kribs.

 

[severum mama]

I would personally go with the rams. I hear that angels and kribs may have some serious aggression problems if they spawn in a tank that small, but rams are much smaller fish and I don't think they would do any damage to your other fish. Plus the rams would hang out near the bottom of your tank and would probably ignore your mollies.

 

[cichlid_dude]

I have decided to not add a cichlid to this tank. I am going to just add some more mollies and basically make it a molly tank.