jewel tankmates

[pcrawford1044]

is possible to keep 1 or 2 jewel cichlids with cichlids from lake malawi ? yellow labs ,aceis peacocks ?

[illustrator]

I wouldn't because jewels are fin-eaters (at least in my experience).

[Nuchal Man]

It depends on what Jewels and what Malawians. Definetely none of the larger Jewels like the H. frempongi, H. elongatus, or H. fasciatus. Also, if you are looking to breed the Jewels, then you run into trouble.

They are some of the best yet most aggressive fish when it comes to defending a spawn. I'd go wit ha small jewel species and a fast and large semi-aggressive mbuna in a large tank, at least a 75.

[gorgescichlids]

yes, I have some red jewels in with my labs, peacocks, and red zebras, the red jewels are 2" and the bigest fish is 3.5"