What fish can go with Cichlids?

Jaguar cichlids are huge, Foot long + sized fish and very, very aggressive. For one you need at least a 75 gallon and preferably a 125 gallon to actually give it swimming room. for a mating pair you will need a 125 gallon. They will take over the tank and kill what you try to put with them. Eventually your few Jags will become 2 - when a pair forms if you don't remove the rest of them quickly, the couple will take care of them for you and won't be as nice about it. As long as you have a secure hiding spot, the pleco should do fine.

Keep in mind there are hundreds of types of cichlids that range immensely in size, behaviour, and aggression, so never ask just about 'cichlids' or you can easily end up with a bad answer - these fish must always be researched by species, not in general. If you want cichlids and other fish in the tank you can, but you would need to choose a much more suitable cichlid for the purpose.

Oh, and don't start mixing up different species cichlids in the same tank either - this is common for amateurs or for mild, carefully selected species, but for the most part all this does is force the fish to split the tank up, always be on edge, looking over their shoulders, or hiding, and inhibit natural behaviour (if not all out fighting). New World cichlids do and show best in mated pairs with the tank to themselves, only with very carefully selected non-cichlid tankmates, if this is even possible with the species.

Only cichlids! The reason they say this is because yes they are aggressive, but other fish may not know their warning signs like other cichlids would.

What size tank? Because a few jags would need quite a large tank, reaching up to 16 inches each, aren't small fish.

They will eat smaller fish so you obviously do not have a lot of options.

Depending on tank size I would suggest getting a pair.

Or if you want more of a community tank of cichlids I would go with Mbuna. And you can keep a good amount of Mbuna in a 75 or 100 gallon....

Firstly how big is the tank as jaguar cichlids can grow up 12inches or 30cm long so you need a big tank, and i wouldn't recommend big and aggressive fish to somebody who is just starting.

If you want cichlids though the best ones are either malawi's or firemouths, kribensis, jewel cichlids as these are brightly coloured fairly easy to look after and they don't grow bigger than a couple of inches long so are suitable for any size tank.

If you get cichlids in a large enough group usually you'll get them breeding as well.

A fair number cats can go with them (catfish, not felines), but I'm afraid I can't recommend anything else. Also, those cats I would recommend to get cover for.

Also be warned: even if you try other cichlids, it's not recommended to mix S. American with African-native cichlids. The African breeds are known to be more aggressive. Some would suggest keeping what you have as a single species tank.

Well I have some Cichlids as well... the best fish to put in are ones that are not as dominant as these fish. Some fish to consider are ones that are not too agressive. Once you find these fish you can place them into the tank. But not until you place half a teaspoon of rock salt per gallon into the tank. This decreases the agrevation of the fish and relaxes them. You can use this technique as long as you continue the process daily. If your fish continue to show agressiveness, than you must increase the amount of food that you give the fish by double serving. Your fish should be happy unless there is something wrong with them that cannot be solved. Good Night, and Good Luck

from what i know about jaguar cichlids you should not be trying to keep them with any other types of fish. they've been known to attack other jaguar cichlids that they grew up with. They will hunt and try to kill most fish that are smaller than them. very aggressive fish. they even attack their own reflections.

If you want to put a different type of fish in there i would look at other types of cichlids that will become as big or bigger than the jags.

I have a pleko, a chinese algea eater and 9 or 10 cichlids in a 75 gallon tank and everytime I add another cichlid or anything else, they are toast. Now the only thing I put in are feeder guppies...good luck. Make sure you at least have a 55 gallon to put those cichlids in.

Depends on how large your tank is. Jaguar cichlids need very large tanks as they grow huge.

Also, they are south american cichlids. If you do have a large tank, you can keep LARGER sharks , catfish or other fish which need similar water conditions to south american cichlids.

Nothing I go to the pet store all the time and they say don't pair Cichlids with anything. My cousin Chchlids were with other fish for a while but then his two Chiclids killed everything in the tank over night. You can only group them with their own kind. That would be the safe thing to do.

I had a cichlid and it ate everything smaller than itself and was constantly shovelling up the stones at the bottom of the tank!