hey every-one i have a 700+ litre tank with 2 10-12 inch O's, a big angelfish and a redtail shark (only about 5-6 inchs)

im looking for a cichlid that i can add, that my O's wont kill and wont be too aggressive towards my O's.

ive had a convict before but they ate him after about 4 months, and also have had a jewel but that was too aggressive towards my O's

i was looking for something really colourful that grows to about 10-15 inchs.

i can get pretty much anything ordered in at my LFS.

any suggestions will be appreciated thanks

i am afraid to suggest pangasius. they never sleep....always on the swim.

you could try a jack dempsey or a texas cichlid if your looking for something in the blue or green colour. if you want something red or yellow you might consider salvinis or freddies. also severums come in many different colours and are good tankmates for oscars.

I like the electric blue dempsy myself they have beautiful color.. Buit I think they only get to about 8 inches or so.. You could also try a Leprodonus (it looks like a long bullet with black and yellow stripes).

I have Jacks and Terrors with mine and they all get along great. Do electric blues lose some of their color as they grow?

here is where I found them

www.aquascapeonline.com/prodView.asp?idp...20Blue%20Dempsey%202

I have 4 Jewels about 4 inches long and they are very unaggressive, they're shy and stay in the plants and caves. Are they known to be aggressive? If they are mine are more chicken than fish.

the only problem with ebjd is that they are prone to ill health and have a fairly low survival rate. couple that with the bigger price tag on them and imho they are an iffy purchase at best.
im sure, in time, the breeders will overcome the ebjd defficiencies(sp?) and then they will become a huge seller due to the colouration of them.

yeah that's true Necro. I do hope they get all that figured out quick because man they look cool

I've seen pics of some that are barely blue so I thought maybe they lost color with age but some are vivid blue and those are the ones that make me want one so bad. Are they aggressive? Would one work out ok with Discus? I really want some of them, I think 5 or 6 in one tank would be beautiful but hubby says one more tank upstairs and the house will collapse

Oh lordy, we've hijacked another thread...sorry Bianca !!

I would wait like necro said until they get the breeding problems right. They do say that the blue dempsy is less agressive than the jack and also smaller