goldfish with cichlids

[joncosmo]

I have a 29 gallon warm aquarium with a comet goldfish and a black moor goldfish, both adults, at least 3 inches in length for the comet and probably around 3 inches for the black moor. I know it is warm water, but this is because I had many other tropical fish in there that I just moved to another aquarium. They have been happily living in there for many years now so im sure they are okay with the warm water (I had no where else to put them). I was wondering if it would be okay to get some smaller cichlids that are not aggressive and put them in with the two goldfish. These two goldfish are huge, so even dwarf cichlids would still be smaller (my friend has a couple adult rams who are nearing the end of their short life spans) and they are only about 3/4 as long and they dont have the width of the goldfish. So the goldfish will definitely be a lot larger. So I was wondering if this was possible to have cichlids and goldfish living together. But I am talking very small cichlids and 2 very large goldfish. If this is possible, then I was wondering what types of cichlids would suite this environment, which I'm sure is an odd one. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

 

[ryan]

For a start there is no need to post this in nearly every forum.

Goldfish are coldwater fish and by keeping them in tropical temperatures their metabloic rate is affected which is designed to cope with cooler temperatures, in the same way that tropicals are designed to live in tropical water. Is there a heater in the tank? What is its average temperature?

Goldfish are very messy fish that need high matinence. Most Cichlids are aggressive to a certain degree and could not live with Goldfish anyway. You have also placed a fast able bodied fish (Comet) in with the less robust Black Moor which means that the Comet would out compete it for food, but because you only have two fish in that size tank the Moor has been able to find food easily. But with more fast swimming tropicals he would lose out.

This reasons and several more that others will no doubt list add up to give you a simple answer, NO!

 

[Cheese Specialist]

I would not recommend doing that as cichlids will chanse fish awawy from their spot and moors are not good swimmiers.

I can tell you now that your goldfish are not full grown. Comets get to much bigger than that, I think around the 8" not including tail mark and moors to about 10"