Severum/Rainbow Cichlid With Angels

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Offline johnacclark

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Severum/Rainbow Cichlid with Angels
« on: February 17, 2019, 01:43:00 PM »
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Hi all,

Looking for advice with Severum's and Rainbow Cichlid's, particularly when homed with angelfish.

I currently have 6x Angelfish, 4xGourami, 4xSiamese Flying Fox, 8x Boeseman's Rainbowfish 1x Paradise Fish, 1x Britlenose Pleco. 

I am looking to add a Severum and/or Rainbow Cichlid. This should be OK according to the community calculator, however from doing more research, angels are not recommended to be homed with severums or rainbow cichlids. Has anyone any experience of keeping these fish together?

I have a 360L tank, 150cm x 60cm x 40cm. With 2 external filters.

Thanks for any advice.

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Re: Severum/Rainbow Cichlid with Angels
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2019, 10:18:42 PM »
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Hi John(?), welcome to the forum.
A severum would be too much for Angels, much bigger, more powerful, and they would spend most of their time keeping out of its way and being stressed. A Rainbow might be ok, but ideally it needs hard water...

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Re: Severum/Rainbow Cichlid with Angels
« Reply #2 on: February 18, 2019, 10:52:20 AM »
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Thanks Mark, there are lots of contradicting information on this so any advice is welcomed, I think i'll avoid the severum as it seems to risky.

Can you/anyone recommend any other CA/SA cichlids that i could put in my current set up. From the community creator the Blue Acara and the Flag Cichlid seem like they would be a good addition.

Thanks
John

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Re: Severum/Rainbow Cichlid with Angels
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2019, 09:57:42 AM »
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Hi there, and welcome to the forum.  :wave:

Conflicting information regarding fish is quite a problem, and for every story of fish species that don't get on you'll find someone with experience of those species sharing a tank without incident. Fish have individual personalities, as well as species characteristics, so mixing fish is always something to monitor.

It may be quite difficult to find fish that are large enough to cope with what you already have, and laid back enough not to bother them.

It may be worth a trip to your local store to have a look at what they have, and look at the Acaras and Flag Cichlids, to see if you have any preference. If you see anything else you like you can always fully research the compatibility when you get home.

I don't have any experience with angelfish, so can't advise further, but please keep us updated on this and let us know if you find any other fish that may be suitable.


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