Top 10 Tank Mates for Green Terror Cichlids

[@paulnewstead9693]

Aquarium videos have now become crack to me. Keep up the great info you give.

[@CichlidBros]

Haha nice! Thanks for watching 👍🏻

[@Michael_Spilner]

😂😂😂

[@TheFittedRockStar]

Great video as always!!!

[@CichlidBros]

Thank you!

[@Mr83rt]

Great video as always guys. First and foremost thank you for your educational videos you guys post. Without alot of the videos I've watched I'd probably would never have brought my first tank let alone the 2 that followed shortly after. My wife and I have just started over the last 2 months and have only just came across this video sadly. We started our first tank (6foot) with a tiger oscar and an albino oscar, 2 weeks later we brought our first green terror along with what ended up being a breeding pair of Jack Dempseys. Not even 12 days after the 2 jacks were paired we had quite a few fry. I've since had to separate the 2 jacks as the male was becoming very aggressive to anything and everything in the tank. We now have a breeding pair of convicts in the 6ft tank along with their first lot of fry, with the 2 Oscars, 1 Jack and 2 pleckos Tank 2 is only a 70litre tank that we run for the Jack Dempsey fry that are at an avg size of 5cm or from memory 2inchs. The 3rd tank we have a couple of catfish type looking things and the male Jack.

[@benochart3196]

I love that fish😀👍🏻 Thanks!

[@CichlidBros]

Same! Thanks, Ben!

[@timhorvat7432]

I have an 8” GT in a 75 gallon and I keep it with a dozen congo tetras, and a royal pleco, green phantom, and super red bristlenose. My GT will go after the Congo’s a little bit, but they faster than him and there’s enough that he can’t single one out. He’s very territorial against my hand when I put it up to the tank and I think if I added another Cichlid he would probably kill it, but he doesn’t seem to mind the Congo’s too much.

[@nthompson937]

How many fish do you have in your 75

[@timhorvat7432]

@@nthompson937 just those fish I just commented. I run an aquaclear 110 and a sponge filter and have pothos cuttings growing out of the top and then I just added a fluval 407 and I do weekly 50ish% water changes

[@nthompson937]

@Tim Horvat I'm currently working on my 75 gallon added some goldfish to help it cycle but my water got cloudy

[@timhorvat7432]

@@nthompson937 ah nice. I try to always keep cycled sponge filters in at least one of my tanks for when I set up new tanks

[@nthompson937]

@Tim Horvat Thanks for the advice my buddy said it's called bacteria bloom and it will pass

[@apss5736]

Awesome video

[@CichlidBros]

Thanks!

[@joeyhacker7518]

Great info and fish ‼️

[@CichlidBros]

thank you!

[@Raxxyx]

Best tank mates: #10 Geophagus #9 Firemouth Cichlid #8 Bala Shark #7 Convict Cichlid #6 Chocolate Cichlid #5 Plecos #4 Flagtail Prochilodus #3 Jack Dempsey #2 Silver Dollars #1 Severum Cichlid Honorable mentions Oscar, Clown Loach, Uaru

[@ostravia]

Outstanding.

[@jimlahey5798]

Great video thanks for the tip.

[@CichlidBros]

Glad it was helpful!

[@gaveeshakonarachchi]

Thanks❤ I love this fish

[@CichlidBros]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@seansquill8773]

Great Video guys….Actually while I was keeping Africans at the time I remember seeing one of the earlier videos of Joker and I decided to pick up a baby GT and house him in my 50 with my Severums, Geos, and EBA when they were all fairly small…All did Great and I ended up turning the African tank into a mixed South/ Central tank which was a Huge Mistake and one that I still to this day regret. He went into my bigger tank along with a JD, Vieja Argentea, Firemouth, Red Devil, Salvini, & Convict. All we’re about 4-5 inches or so and honestly it looked to be fine for about 3 weeks and than it was like a switch went off in the Argentea, while one of the most beautiful fish he just became crazy during feedings and would do a few random chases but no actual fighting, and on the day before I was very seriously considering re homing him he just went nuts and killed my GT in about 2 hour time period while I wasn’t home. I walked into my GT barely alive, all the other fish crammed in a corner and the Argentea still going at him and trying to finish him off. So mad at myself for that to this day and ended up putting my GT down that night because of the damage the Argentea caused and than re homed the rest of the fish in that tank a few days later and went in a much more peaceful direction. Point of the story, be careful on what you hear sometimes about certain fish…GT’s sometimes get a bad rap and mine would have been fine with my SA’s long term I believe if I didn’t make such a poor judgement call. Still miss that fish to this Day 🙏🏻😔

[@CichlidBros]

Thanks, Sean! That’s a tough loss, I remember hearing about it. Glad all is good now after rehoming some and with the more peaceful cichlids!

[@chrismcbrias8577]

I have a green terror he lives on his own the reason he lives on his own he has killed or badly beaten up my other fish firemouth sevrums blue acara He is downright nasty but I love him He will attack my hand and the syphon tube when doing water changes he also likes to move aquarium decor if he can

[@paulkruger491]

Fantastic fish. The green terror.

[@CichlidBros]

Agreed!

[@rpliegos]

Silver Dollars work great with most American Cichlids, throughout the years, my now over 15 y/o school of Red hooks have shared space with a Green Terror, Severums (still do with my old lady green severum which is also over 15 y/o), Firemouths, Convicts, Angelfish,,, and even with Frontosas. Cichlids basically just don't care about them, and if for whatever reason they chase one of them they actually defend themselves by chasing back, at which point the cichlids leave them alone. Just bear in mind you would need a very large tank for them to work as they have to be kept in schools.

[@CichlidBros]

Agreed! And wow, some old fish! 👌🏻

[@williamgonzalez6849]

I love guys nice 🐟

[@CichlidBros]

Thanks for watching!

[@jasonsingh5293]

Great video really nice beautiful fish I'm dying to upgrade my tank can't wait I'm dying to had more fish in my tank can't wait 💯💯👍👍👍🔥🔥🐡🐡🐠🐟

[@CichlidBros]

Thanks for watching!

[@sallythornhill4841]

We are setting up a SA Chiclid tank… we are hoping to keep Green Terror, Geophagus Tapjos, Two Oscars and an EB Jack Dempsey!

[@ScheridaZ]

It is a very tasty fish!

[@evanmiller3787]

Amazing video! I’m hoping to make a 125gal with 1 GT 1 JD 1 Oscar 2 FM 1 chocolate bushynose pleco Is this a good enough stock? Any other recommendations?

[@CichlidBros]

Thanks! Seems like a great stocking

[@Gustavo-by5dq]

Great video and explanations! I would like to ask for some help. Can I set up a 150 liter aquarium with 3 green terror? Sump full of media and other filters.Tks so much!!!

[@NihilusTheGreat]

Were acara not on the list due to the size difference?

[@evanmiller3787]

I think probably because of aggression difference

[@timhorvat7432]

Yeah they’re in the same family so they have similar body shapes I think the aggression would be too much. I had a blue acara with my gt when they were smaller and the aggression was too much.

[@chadanderson2798]

I have an electric blue acara with a green terror, a jack dempsey, a fire mouth, a pearl scale, and have no issues. Hes a lot smaller and has no problems. The green terror and pearl scale hate the jack dempsey and hes basically the only one that has a problem. My cichlids were all bought at the same time. The green terror and pearl scale had growth spurts and got a lot bigger really fast.

[@RLMUD]

I tried most of these recommended fish and my terror beat every one of them. I wound up getting a 150 and got him in with a big oscar. He tried the oscar but got put in his place real quick. Now there great together.

[@melchantz]

Any suggestions on the fake plants for cichlid tanks.. i love how u still have some green in your tanks..

[@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030]

dream fish

[@jesuscichlidtank]

i had an issue with mine once he hit a certain age he went all agro. i had to rehome him. he tore up my jack, 3 oscars, and severums.

[@CichlidBros]

A large tank and enough decor for line of sight breaks will increase chances of success. But with any aggressive cichlids, should have a backup plan if it doesn’t work out

[@timhorvat7432]

Mine decapitated one of the congo tetras that was in the tank with it when it hit the 5” mark but since then he’s been completely cool with them

[@jdssurf]

yeah that happened to me with a vieja, sucked

[@Unknown-bb1cw]

By any chance can you make a video talking about tank mates for green terror and a jack Dempsey I have found certain things working with them and certain things aren’t and i watched both of your videos for tank mates for each of them and I have kept in mind some of the common ones just don’t know if there is any other suggestion you can do I currently have 2 GT breeding pair 2 jack Dempseys 1 convict 1 Red Devil 1 Electric Blue Texas 6 full size danios In a 125 Gallon tank

[@wreckreationalrc7033]

Can you do multiple green terror in 1 tank? Im starting up a 200-gallon tank. I was gonna do electric blue acard geos and severums , but my local fish store has some beautiful false green terror

[@CichlidBros]

Should be fine in a 200 gallon

[@duanebartholomew5782]

Question please. Can all these fish mentioned all go together in one big tank ???

[@NihilusTheGreat]

Question for you guys: I have an electric blue acara by itself in my 40 breeder. Yesterday it dug a hole to the bottom of the tank presumably because it is ready to breed. I'm still unsure if it is a male or female because it is still very young. Would you suggest I let it be by itself, get a small group and put them in and hope for a pair, or put one in at a time and see if any are compatible?

[@jimberence]

My favourite cichlids Green terror,red devil,Oscar,jack Dempsey,Jaguar Cichlid, Texas cichlid & jewel cichlids including colourful African cichlids.

[@jarleabelhaugeek1217]

Hello Sir - this is the Green Terror Police. Just checking in.... Are you talking about A. Rivulatus or A.c. Stalsbergii when you say "green terror"?

[@CichlidBros]

rivulatus. but the list would fit for either

[@blackman1505]

I want to add a Male GT to my 150 gallon tank that has a 10" Purple Rose Queen, male 5" Electric Blue Texas, 3" female Green Texas. Will that work? I have a 4" female GT & 2" synspillum in a 45 gallon as well.

[@JackRussells2005]

Would you recommend keep them with Discus or no

[@CichlidBros]

Nope

[@sebastiananderson6609]

Whats best stone's or sand for Oscars and green texas cichlid

[@scotp6362]

Just curious, when did you oust Joker from your tank? My gold saum is now about the size of a full grown Electric Blue Acara. He has always been timid, but I have noticed my Turquoise Severum is showing his stripes all the time and seems a little intimidated. The GT is also starting to spar (just back and forth gill flaring) with the Nicaraguan cichlids. He seems like he is trying to become a tank boss. He hasn’t hurt anyone yet, but I am watching him. I already have a Carpintis that has moved from my 180 into his own 75 after he started biting other fish. I’m wondering if that may happen with this Gold Saum. Was Joker hurting other fish in the tank or just stressing them out?

[@quicks5774]

Do Texas chiclid go good with green terrors

[@CichlidBros]

Sometimes it can work. Large tank and proper tank setup will go a long way to make it work

[@bigrayray74]

I have a Gold Saum In with 4 small clown loaches and a blue phantom Pleco The clown loaches will be moved into the 125 when they get bigger

[@CichlidBros]

Very nice 🤙🏼

[@InYourCorner73]

Hey, thanks for the great video of suggestions. Lots of good considerations here... I have a question about the GT aggression. Currently, I have a 125GL with 2 110 Tidal Filters. The stock is 7 Geo Red Heads 1 EB Acara 1 Severum Red-Spot Angelfish Pearl Gourami Firemouth Cihclid and the Green Terror. I was considering rehoming the angelfish and Pearl Gourami, if any signs of aggression start to form. The Green Terror will occasionally chase the Geos, but often will back off once he "claimed" the swimming space. Will this be a problem when he gets bigger, or is this what people refer to as a "docile" green terror? so far there is no damage on any of the fish. Thanks for your time and any input.

[@CichlidBros]

Hey there, thanks for watching. It sounds like a relatively peaceful GT. Some of those fish like you mentioned (angel, gourami) may need a different tank. But if your GT stays docile and no damage on the other fish, you may have it all work out. Good luck!

[@danmedina383]

Would either setup work: one green terror, or a pair of severums in a 55 gallon?

[@CichlidBros]

It would be on the small end for both. Would be fine until they reach adult sizes, then it’d probably feel too small

[@Cichlid_4_ever]

I looked back at a pic of when I bought my green terror/ gold saum and I’ve had him for 7 months now and he’s as big as he was when I bought him and I don’t get it. I kept him in a 55 and he’s still only maybe an 1”. And the other fish around him have grown but he has not. Unless he’s a female. Eats fresh food brine and blood worms and xtreme big boy pellets and still can’t growth out of him and it’s a heavily planted 75 that grows amazingly well to keep nitrates down with water changes.

[@gusc6785]

👍👍

[@dractartv4411]

Can a green terror go wel with a dwarf channa aka snakehead?

[@CichlidBros]

I’ve never kept them together so wouldn’t know. Sorry!

[@brett_Thorpe]

Hi. How would Green Terror do with small Plecos ?

[@CichlidBros]

Adults wouldnt do well with the smaller Plecos. But medium to larger sized Plecos will do great

[@brett_Thorpe]

@@CichlidBros okay. Thanks for letting me know.

[@karanluther412able]

Hello sir . I need to ask that one of my Oscar is sitting on the bottom . I don’t know what happen . Please your suggest me what can I do

[@kylemendoza8860]

Now I'm confused. Is the true green terror and the Gold Somme the same species?

[@CichlidBros]

Different species but same common name

[@yunge9482]

Can I have a Grammodes with my Green terror

[@CichlidBros]

I haven't tried that out, but would maybe recommend against it

[@Buttikoferiii]

Grammodes are pound for pound some of the strongest and most aggressive cichlids out there. I wouldn’t recommend it. Grammodes are better kept in pairs or alone.

[@yunge9482]

@@Buttikoferiii I must’ve been drunk I don’t even have a green terror lol

[@chrisburke3436]

Did yall say that yall kept a JD and a GT on a 75G for 2 years?

[@CichlidBros]

Yeah. In a 110g now

[@Eshanvalke]

sir i bought 6 ft by 2 ft tank. can u suggest me which fish combination should i use in it.

[@pranjalgupta80]

At what age, green terror is in full size approximately? Mine is around 8 month old and seems like fully grown

[@CichlidBros]

Usually around 3-4 year mark

[@pranjalgupta80]

@@CichlidBros thanks

[@Cichlid_4_ever]

One thing I don’t hear said much is there growth rate. I’ve had a green terror in a 40 breeder as a grow out but he’s been maybe 2” is all I’ve got on his growth and that’s about the size he was when I bought him. He has orange trim on the top and tail fins so I believe he’s a gold saum. But in 8 months I’ve had no growth from him at all.

[@CichlidBros]

We’ve actually done a full video on this topic. Here’s the link if you’re interested: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4Dbmp-opZWerNU

[@Dan-nr3om]

My green terror will not eat. Pellets flakes all kinds of different foods. He is only about 4 inches long. Has not grown much the past year. Any suggestions?

[@CichlidBros]

I would look into internal parasites if there’s no visible issues. Especially if it has white stringy poop

[@RonGallardo777]

Can I have 2 or 3 green terror (2 females,1 male) with those tank mates

[@Dinglelord]

Can I keep 8 cichlids that are 5-8 inches in a 55 gallon?

[@CichlidBros]

It would depend on the species. Most likely wouldn’t be recommended

[@travislapoint5279]

Would like to do a species tank with the GT in a 125 how many GT’s would u recommend in that size aquarium? And would love to try a small group of silver dollars to break it up with a type of cleaner maybe a fancy pleco or spotted Raphael cat something that will defend itself but not incredibly predatory thanks in advance to anyone that may help in this decision

[@mehtabbandesha5637]

some fish dies in the tank every 3 to 4 months, has that been your experience also?

[@ravijangira14]

Chichlid 10 Red parrot 2 Yellow parrot 2 Albino heckali 2 Frontosa 2 Green terror 2 Clown loch 4 I have ordered these varieties of fishes. Please let me know if they are compatible with each other. My tank size is 4ft width 1.5 ft breadth and 2 ft height

[@rizenshakya4655]

I have 100g tank i have green terror and convict in it they wont stop fighting what should i do

[@CichlidBros]

How to Manage Cichlid Aggression kzbin.info/www/bejne/j3-ykqZ8e9-indk

[@pietrorosafauzza5005]

what about electric blue acara

[@CichlidBros]

Doesn’t always work well. They tend to fight/attempt to breed at times

[@pietrorosafauzza5005]

@CichlidBros oh thanks. do you think i can keep a true parrot in a 90 gallon?

[@Aqua_odessey]

I have a red devil with green terrors and oscars along with severums

[@NinjaSushi2]

True Green Terror vs Jack Dempsey? Same or not?

[@CichlidBros]

Yep, would usually work well as tank mates with a sizable tank

[@assassin3003]

My green terror is only about 4.5 to 5 inch and I have an oscar about 10 inches and he chases the oscar around does not attack just a tiny bit sometimes but the oscar is a softy but whenever a fish is close to the surface the oscar sneaks up below them and tries to bite the other fishes from under... he is a softy but a serial killer

[@drewsta005]

I feel like for optimal success with a convict, the convict needs to be smaller. I have an alpha Convict and he does chase my GT who is very passive. All in all though he does well with an Oscar as well in there.

[@geezezy]

Can someone clear up whether green terrors (gold saums) can co-exist with blue or electric blue acaras as tankmates? Info on these 2 very similar looking species is not there. Please help.

[@CichlidBros]

I’ve found them to show aggression to each other. Sometimes it can work, but they do seem to fight more than other species

[@geezezy]

@@CichlidBros there is conflicting info on these 2 species (pulchers and rivulatus), some say it will and they can breed with each other. Some videos prove hybrids are possible. Don't want to cross breed just have as tankmates. Are acaras resilient enough to hold their own against green terrors? I just hope green terrors wont target kill them due to tribal or colour similarities? Hope you may reply.

[@AnteVTL]

🐟👍

[@Riley095]

Joker rest in peace

[@CichlidBros]

Thanks!

[@hosseingolmohammadi8630]

What about Oscar? 🤔

[@CichlidBros]

Sometimes will work

[@garyoneill5510]

Depending on the green terror can be terror and need there own tank

[@CichlidBros]

Yep as we’ve said

[@raxietuilah1341]

My tank mates: 2 Green Terror Cichlid 2 Oscar Cichlid 2 Zibra Cichlid 2 Leapord Pleco

[@jamesbrigoli827]

Just wondering what about Oscars?

[@CichlidBros]

Usually will be okay. The larger the tank (125g+) the more likely it will work out

[@mandymoore5774]

After 3 years he was taking up the entire left side of my 75 gallon. Bullying all my other larger South American cichlids.

[@CichlidBros]

Yeah, a 75 gallon is the minimum tank size. It may have worked better in a larger tank. But it couldve also just been an aggressive individual

[@mandymoore5774]

Yea that’s about how long I had mine before I had to give him away. He was a monster fish after 3 plus years. Mmmh he’s got the orange fins like mine had & no hump so I’m guessing a female.

[@johndoe3563]

Rip Joker

[@crazylove4321]

I had to give mine away because it was bullying my jack dempsey fish 😂😂😂😂

[@moonhead6299]

Why can’t all these tropical fish just get along!!! It’s honestly a headache trying to get all my fish to get along with each other

[@CichlidBros]

It definitely can be challenging with cichlids. Hopefully lists like these will help!

[@Tiffanyofficial1913]

I keep a convict and a firemouth guess what happend They layed eggs😶

[@KeepSycklids]

It's. Not a technicality if it's a fact that it's not a true green lmao 😂😂❤

[@CichlidBros]

Green Terror is a common name, so technically, it's exactly how we explained in the video

[@awartank]

Hmm.. You missed the tinfoil barb

[@CichlidBros]

Would work well in a very large tank

[@aaronrobert7196]

That doesn't mean trust they will be ok together tho bala with any cichlid seems like it's hit or miss some cichlids are just assholes u may get a cool one and u may get an asshole

[@COOPERSCICHILDS]

Awesome video

[@CichlidBros]

Thanks!

[@richardgiacomotti404]

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