Can someone PLEASE!!, help me with my cichlid problem?

[thoughtprocess]

*ALL*

Everything I've read about cichlids, say they are a very peaceful fish. I have a blue acara cichlid that has become psycho!! It attacks any other fish in any of my community tanks. What's the problem? I even had a baby blue acara in the tank that it almost killed. I finally had to isolate it, in it's own tank after it desroyed my male betta. What do I do? Are all cichlids this aggressive? What are they compatible with? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Davy]

I don't know what you have been reading but cichlids are very aggresive. First of all what size tank is it? Some cichlids can be kept with other cichlids if it is a big enough tank with lots of hiding places. I would suggest going to the cichlid forum on this site and looking around in there. Do not to put them in your community tanks like you said. They will rip it apart.

 

[DanL]

I have a few diff kinds of cichlids in a tank along with other fish and I have absolutley no problems at all...

 

[Angelfish]

Like Davy said, chiclids are some of the most agressive fish about. They get along well with eachother but not usually other types of fish. Almost all chiclid owners I know keep their chiclid tanks stricktly chiclids so there is no problems. What other fish do you have in your tank? You may need to exchange some fish, or even better get another tank to separate fish Good luck =)