what would happen if...

[jonny sqee]

what would happen if when i set up my 20 gallon i put in 2 convicts with my 3 rams and oto

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Bad things would happen. Your convicts will rule. They will most likely kill everything else off.

 

[jonny sqee]

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[dss2004]

Yeah the rams are shy and the convicts are just that convicts. I have seen little 3 inch convicts bully the hell out of fish 2x there size. I would stick with the rams IMO they are prettier and can go into a community if you like.

 

[jonny sqee]

what other cichlids could i put in there with them?

 

[Cichlid-Man]

I'd say in a 20gal you are pretty much stocked out. Convicts can be very nasty, it is said that a convict will stand up to a fish 2-3 times its size.

When mine were breeding, pretty much every 2 months....i was scared to stick my hand in the tank.

The only thing i would really even suggest is some type of dwarf pleco, even then don't make it a nice fancy dwarf that costs a lot. A bristlenose plec or clown pleco might work. But you are pretty much full with 2 convicts in a 20gal.

 

[jonny sqee]

no im not puting covict in the 20 gall im putting in my 3 rams and oto i was at first wondering if i could put convicts in with them but im not going to cause i don't want to kill my ramss or my oto so now im wondering what other cichlids i can put in with them

 

[Swordtail8]

Perhaps a pair of kribs is a viable option but I don't know, sometimes kribs can be mean.