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Is this a Good Combo of Fish?

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3 firemouth cichlids:

1 convict cichlid:

1 blood parrot cichlid:

In a 30 gallon tank.

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  1. Overstocked.

    Firemouths really need 55 gallons minimum.

    A Convict pair alone would be ok in a 30 gallon.

    The Blood Parrot also needs 55 gallons minimum.


  2. Again though I will advise you to ask this on cichlid-forum.com.  You almost always get better advice from true cichlid keepers then non cichlid keepers.  That's not to say non keepers don't know how to keep fish, but the intricacies of keeping cichlids are more complex then keeping basic community types.

    Firemouths shouldn't be that much of a problem, but firemouths with Convicts might.  Granted this is just a single Convict, but a Convict isn't exactly a peaceful type.  Parrots are bulky slow moving types and probably would get picked on by either one of those two in a footprint that small, but then again, you've asked this numerous times on here, I'm getting the impression, I'm just telling you something you don't want to hear, so again, go to cichlid-forum.com if you don't believe me because you've gotten a ton of advice here already.

  3. Sounds good to me.

  4. well i had a jank like that once the convict fish are a really mean fish they stat eating the other fish that are smaller than them that means they well even eat there kind too even the babys!

  5. the three firemouths are going to gang up on the other fish :/ and those fish WILL get big be prepare to get a much larger tank in the future.  

  6. the fish are good, but the tank is WAY to small, you need at least a 75 gallon tank for those fish when they are adults, a 55 gallon would do for now.

    I have a 55 gallon tank with 1 oscar, and 2 blood parrots, and thats already pushing the limit.

  7. Bigger tank man.

  8. Cichlid's are very aggressive fish and it is good that, that is all you have because if you have any other type of fish they would kill it and I think that is a good combo of fish but the firemouth cichlids might gang up on the others.

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