Convict Tankmates?

[ManInAHat73]

I just bought a 55G tank and in a few months (after I get a 75G tank) I plan on using it for a cichlid tank. What other cichlids would do well in a 55G with a mated pair of convicts?

[mfdrookie516]

jack dempseys will do well... i actually had a male jack dempsey and a female convict pair... had some interesting looking fry lol

[ManInAHat73]

I was thinking about a jack dempsey or two, any other ones I can put in there?

[Fishyfriend09]

Not sure if it would work or not so anybody that has had experience just say, but how about Firemouth Chiclids?

[ManInAHat73]

If they would work, I would love to have a firemouth or two. I want to have as many cichlids as I can in this tank, with them all being happy and healthy. Could I go with severums as well?

[mfdrookie516]

i would think that severums and firemouths would be ok together, but not with convicts and jd's... both are more peaceful... i know a guy who had firemouths with livebearers and other peaceful community fish... i would be afraid to put them with the more aggressive fish

[ManInAHat73]

Can you think of anymore aggressive cichlids I could house with convicts and jd's?

[Liquid_Pyro]

I have a Male Electric Blue Hap and two females with a mating pair of convicts right now...seems to be working out...in a 55 Gal

[mfdrookie516]

its not a good idea to mix africans with sa/ca cichlids... they have different dietary needs, different water conditions, etc... i wonder about green terrors, they might work, they are pretty aggressive... there are also some that look alot like convicts that my lfs has, i just cant remember the name of them...

[Liquid_Pyro]

I picked a happy medium between both types of fish for water conditions, (75 degrees, hard 150mg/l, 7.5 pH) and both take prepared cichlid foods and live foods...its not perfect I know, but it works

and its certainly better than some others I have heard of...