Cichlids for community tanks

[Tdog]

Hey everyone,

I was thinking of adding either german blue rams or possibly apistogramma agassizii to my 40 gal breeder community tank and was wondering through your fish keeping observations which ones did better in community tanks? I read multiple articles that said both breeds individually should do fine in a community tank given they have big enough space. Currently my tank has rummynose tetras, black neon tetras, serbai tetras, cory cats, and otto cats. Its is also heavily planted tank. Any information you have would be greatly appreciated.  

[Paul]

Either will do well with that setup. Add some rock work or apisto caves for them to set up shop and you should have some happy dwarf cichlids 

 

[Fonske]

I have a single blue ram female in a community tank.  She was a bit territorial right after introduction,  but calmed down after a couple of days. She now stays cool and collected among the hectic tank mates.

 

[FrozenFins]

In my experiance GBR do well in a community, just keep them warm. I don't know about apistogrammas though, I know some varients of the apistos are peacful though.