monkeyfish

I recently got a pair of Jewels from my LFS, but one of them died, so now all I have is one. Can I keep other fish in the same tank without having to worry about aggression?

MissMTS

Usually, jewels are only kept in breeding pairs in species only tanks because they are one of the most aggressive fish that there is. They are gorgeous though Here's an article that may be helpful to you:

http://www.cichlidforum.com/articles/h_guttatus.php

monkeyfish

that's what I thought. Thanks for the article, it had a lot of good info.

Nick G

Jewels can be kept with other fish, but they need to be bigger or meaner than the Jewels. Although Jewels are African Cichlids they, along with the kribensis, are better suited to live with the SA Cichlids, unlike all the other Africans which need species only tanks. I keep a pair of Jewels with an Oscar, Blue Acara, Jack Dempsey and Convicts, and they do very well together.