small cichlids

[ConanTheLibraia]

I am extremely inexperienced with cichlids (means I've never had any) and I am doing a 10 gallon for my room. Are there any types of cichlids that are small enough to live happily in a 10 gallon tank? I am going for multiple fish so I wouldn't want just one fish in the tank.

 

[e-cat]

you could go with a pair of kribs.

 

[Madame_X]

I love the Bolivian Rams I got! I think you could get away with a pair but in a tank that small, I'd sure try for a male and a female. Mine are even getting territorial in the 30 gallon tank I have them in.

They're cool, though, and not as shy as the German Rams. In fact, if I put my hand in the tank to adjust a plant or something, one of the Bolivians will come right up to it to see what I'm doing. He's not scared of me at all!

 

[fishstixs05]

Neo. Multifascitus are shell dwellers from lake tangayika and do great in a ten gallon. just get shells large enough for them to fit in and they are fine.

 

[Voodoo Chilli]

I'd also recommend L. mulitfasciatus. You can keep a small colony in a ten gallon and they're amazing to watch!

 

[TankGirl]

This will depend upon your water. Soft and acidic, go for the kribs or the rams, hard and alkaline, go for the shellies!

 

[Terry]

Don't forget the Apistogramma, Lovely little Dwalf cichlid from South America. It requires soft, slightly acidic water.