Cichild community tank?

[c_paan]

if you throw other smaller fish such as guppies or other feeders, and I mean always have them in the tank, even ones tha just may be to big for a cichlid to get in his mouth, will this help stop aggression in a cichild community tank?

If so what kind of fish would be a good idea to do this with? in my 55 gallon tank(look bellow to see what i have in er)

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Sorta......they are called "Dither Fish".

Something fast would be good........maybe giant danios? or silver dollars? Either would work fine.

 

[TaffyFish]

ho hum!

 

[c_paan]

So these dither fish, this isnt crule to place them in there? Will they be fine as long as they have hinding spots and are fast? Do you "recomend" i put any in my 55? like what 1?2?3? or should I just leave it alone?

 

[Emily]

i would also say giant danios, i have one that i bought, nothing will kill it, too fast or too dumb is my suggestion. my dempsey left it alone, so did my firehead, firemouth, green terrors, severum, and various others. I think they would rather mind thier own business than bother to chase a little fish like that. i had two egglayers in the same tank, and they still would not bother with the annoying lil guy. lol kinda sad

 

[wayne]

Dither fish sometimes work , and sometimes don't, and often have 'attritional' losses. They can either be used to bring out shy fish, or to distract overterritorial ones. You starting to get some aggression problems - dithers won't work miracles - if you had a 55 with 2 jags, a cintrellum and an oscar, all 6 inches, for example dithers wouldn't sort you out.

 

[Managuense]

wayne, that's CITRINellum....
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[c_paan]

thanks everyone. I may or may not try this. just kinda wonderin and researching.

 

[Somonas]

I got 6 giant danios in my 110 gallon african cichlid tank and they seem to have lots of fun.