Any small cichlids that won't eat guppies or their fry?

[Acara19]

I am planning on doing a show tank soon, and I was thinking of getting a centerpiece cichlid for it, as well as some small colorful fish for activity in the tank (guppies).
However I want the guppies to be able to breed just to populate the tank, and I don't want the adults themselves to get eaten.
I do want to get a pair of small cichlids in there just for the parental behavior, but not sure if that'll interfere with the breeding guppies or not.

 

[Becca]

In a word? No. They might not eat adult guppies, but they will definitely eat fry. You could try something like Dicrossus filamentosus (only filamentosus, the others Dicrossus get a bit bigger). They are very small and I've kept them with shrimp quite successfully. That said, shrimp are much faster than guppies.

 

[mchambers]

Bolivian rams might work, because they aren’t very aggressive.

 

[lgfelic]

You also do a small breeding group of Neolamprologus multifasciatus.

 

[Acara19]

What about GBR's? Or would that just be worse
I haven't had rams in a long time, not sure if the german blues are as nice as bolivians, but i do know bolivians get bigger than them

 

[mchambers]

What about GBR's? Or would that just be worse
I haven't had rams in a long time, not sure if the german blues are as nice as bolivians, but i do know bolivians get bigger than them

I'm not sure. I thought about suggesting GBRs, but thought they might be a little more aggressive than Bolivian rams.

 

[Becca]

I'm not sure. I thought about suggesting GBRs, but thought they might be a little more aggressive than Bolivian rams.

I don't know if they're more aggressive, but they're definitely more sensitive in terms of water quality.

 

[Triviashi_Maru]

Don't think so. Even guppies eat guppy fry. They're delicious.

 

[CSnyder00]

You’ll be hard pressed to find a Cichlid that won’t feast on small, slower swimming fry. Most fish eat other fish pretty unashamedly.