ilikefish

What is ya'lls favorite cichlid that is colorful and not too heavily aggressive?

Thanks

eiginh

colombian ram!!!

http://www.tropicalfishprofiles.com/...-ram-large.jpg

Shawnie

if your looking for african cichilds that are not too agressive, good luck LOL but out of all of mine, id have to say the yel labs...but even those are not mild by any means

Amanda

I love my Oscars, but they get huge.

Gouramiguy17

Fire mouth cichilds for the nw but for Africans I would say kribensis

Shawnie

even tho kribs come from africa, they arent considered african cichlids as far as their agressiveness to being in african setups..similar to the blood red jewels...they can go more with tiger barbs, angels, rams etc....they would be tore up in normal african tanks that most people keep.....

the op is asking about africans like labs, mbuna , malawi etc if the topic of his thread is correct...

Gouramiguy17

Oh I see, I don't really know that many African cichilds, I am slowly but surely learning

Shawnie

Gouramiguy17

I think they are called fontasia, they have blue and blackish stripes and sort of a horn on their head

btate617

Frontosa? get very large and are actually very mild mannered.

Brian

Gouramiguy17

Ya, those are Africans right?

btate617

yep

ilikefish

Yes I meant African cichlids sorry for not specifying. Also in the tank I have yellow labs, Acei cichlids, and red peacocks... I was looking for anything that will get along with them...

Thanks again!

Slug

Hard to choose.

My Favorite Malawi Africans Overall:

Malawi Hap (not for your tank, most get to big)
-Protomelas sp. "Steveni Taiwan". Its a hap though so gets a bit larger then the rest. Normal and Albino form.
-Copadichromis sp. "Mloto Undu" Mloto Ivory Head
-Copadichromis sp. "Virginalis Gold"
-Placidochromis electra Deep Water Hap
-Fossorochromis rostratus

Mbuna (Prob to aggressive for your tank)
-Pseudotropheus polit
-Pseudotropheus saulosi
-Pseudotropheus flavus
-Pseudotropheus sp. "Elongatus Chewere"

Peacocks
Aulonocara stuartgranti (Ngara) "Ngara Flame Tail"
Aulonocara jacobfreibergi "Lemon Jake"
Aulonocara sp. "Lwanda"
Aulonocara sp. "Stuartgranti Maleri" "Yellow Regal"
Aulonocara stuartgranti "Blue Neon"

Thats my list of my favorites of each group from Malawi. How large is the tank? How many fish already?

Toddnbecka

Here's my current favorite, mellow enough to mix with peacocks and thrive in the same water conditions. Not Africans, but they get along well enough IME.
http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/aucti...ids&1255917893

eiginh

What about multis/shellies? Are those considered african?

Annadvn

My favourite african cichlid is "Placidochromis sp. "Phenochilus Tanzania"", star sapphires.

I had a breeding group and the male was stunning, but then i moved and lost the adults.

They are very peaceful but get too large for most aquariums.

Anna

Shawnie

dont be sorry ilikefish you did specify in your placement of your thread in the african section
by your discription on the link, they would be tore up by the acei and labs...they arent community type africans and are very mean ...
not for the type he has ..they would eat them

bolivianbaby

OB Zebras and Obliquen (Shawnie-help me if I misspelled that) zebras are both gorgeous fish and would do well with your current stocking.

navyscuba

Too many to list.