Courtneybst
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Indeed! I kept Bolivian rams in a community tank and they never bothered the other fish, only themselves. Just casual bickering, nothing serious. Very pretty and massively underrated.In a tank with SAE and cories apistos will breed, but I don't think any fry will survive. I think you could keep apistos with these fish, but you'd want a less aggressive type like a Macmasteri or Borellii that won't try to murder any fish that goes near their young. Macmasteri and borelli will breed in a harem (though macs are "casually polygamous") so you could keep a single male with several females - you have to put them all in together and make sure you have defined territories for the females first.
Other cichlid options are german or bolivian rams, bolivian rams apparently do better in groups (I haven't ket them, but I've read it before). Or maybe for something bigger an electric blue acara? @Courtneybst has kept them before.
The electric blue acara may struggle to eat well with fast fish like SAE. They are not overly quick swimmers. I also only kept a single one, not sure how they do in groups. Fully grown they are stunning though!