What goes good with cichlids?

[Keri]

Are they African cichlids?

Synondontis cat species have the same water-type requirements and many of them are ok with Africans, just be careful which species you buy as some of them can grow quite large

check out this link:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog...genus_id=29#95

[BlueAbyss]

I agree on the Syndontis, there are also crabs that are found in the African lakes (but I don't know if they are suitable for a community tank).

I don't think I'd mix anything but a very large pleco with most of the South American species (at least any of them over 6"), and with some of them I'd think twice at that.

EDIT: And I like my tilapia with lime and ginger, served with a green salad.

[Beza]

I have no clue as to what the heck it is exactly that I've got, although I do know I have a breeding pair of Neolamprologus brichardi (Karilani), likely an Archocentrus nigrofasciatus, possibly several Labidochromis caeruleus; a bunch of greenish, dark banded, with orange-red dorsal tip species that I assume are some type of peacock perhaps, and one other strange one that is very light colored with a strange jaw or lower cheek that seems to jut out prominently, while the fish itself has a pronounced tubular or cigar shape, and dark dorsal tips.

Let's see if the pics work.

[sphunt]

Yellow one is an 'electric yellow' breed of labchromis, which is a malawi cichlid. Looks like another couple of peacocks, which would also be from lake malawi. But I dont recognize the bigger looking fellow in the bottom left of your second picture. Either way, synodontii make a good tank made because theyre fiesty enough and dont get picked on too much, and they thrive in the same high pH malawi water that the rest of your tank should have.
Personally Ive used pictus cat fish with malawi cichlids in high ph water, doesnt seem to bother the pictus