I'm kinda just thinking out loud here and looking for ideas. I'll start with a list of the fish I have and would like to keep. These are currently in 3 different tanks.
Cichlids:
G. altifrons x7, 4-12cm
S. leucosticta 10cm
G. balzanii 8cm (doing alright with the geos and warm water)
A. heckelii x2 16cm
H. sp. Rotkeil 2 pairs, ~ 12-14cm
Uaru amphiacanthoides x3 6-10cm
H. temporalis 14cm
P. scalare 'Peru Altum' x3 body ~6cm, over 6" tall.
Plecs:
Royal L190 12cm
Blue Phantom L128 15cm
Flash L204 3cm (looking for more)
Hypancistrus L066 x3 4cm
Hypancistrus L270 4cm (might get more)
Royal whiptail x3 ~8cm
Option one: Get one large tank (possibly 8x3x2', wide not tall!) to accommodate everything, perhaps leaving the angels, whiptails and Hypans in the smaller planted tank they're in now. Is that tank (~360g) going to be big enough for all those fish? Would it be worth trying the hypans and angels in there, or are they likely to end up stressed and unable to compete for food?
Option two: spread them out over two smaller tanks. I'm contemplating selling my big fish to cut down on the food/work/total tanks, which would leave a 6x2.5x2' tank spare. I was thinking of grouping the sevs, heckelii, uaru and chocolate together, along with the two larger plecs, then putting the geos and angels together in a similar sized (220g wide) tank with the remaining plecs, and perhaps with a school of tetras.
BTW this is all Japes fault. I've just read this thread cover to cover and its helped motivate me to set up a dedicated south american tank!
Cichlids:
G. altifrons x7, 4-12cm
S. leucosticta 10cm
G. balzanii 8cm (doing alright with the geos and warm water)
A. heckelii x2 16cm
H. sp. Rotkeil 2 pairs, ~ 12-14cm
Uaru amphiacanthoides x3 6-10cm
H. temporalis 14cm
P. scalare 'Peru Altum' x3 body ~6cm, over 6" tall.
Plecs:
Royal L190 12cm
Blue Phantom L128 15cm
Flash L204 3cm (looking for more)
Hypancistrus L066 x3 4cm
Hypancistrus L270 4cm (might get more)
Royal whiptail x3 ~8cm
Option one: Get one large tank (possibly 8x3x2', wide not tall!) to accommodate everything, perhaps leaving the angels, whiptails and Hypans in the smaller planted tank they're in now. Is that tank (~360g) going to be big enough for all those fish? Would it be worth trying the hypans and angels in there, or are they likely to end up stressed and unable to compete for food?
Option two: spread them out over two smaller tanks. I'm contemplating selling my big fish to cut down on the food/work/total tanks, which would leave a 6x2.5x2' tank spare. I was thinking of grouping the sevs, heckelii, uaru and chocolate together, along with the two larger plecs, then putting the geos and angels together in a similar sized (220g wide) tank with the remaining plecs, and perhaps with a school of tetras.
BTW this is all Japes fault. I've just read this thread cover to cover and its helped motivate me to set up a dedicated south american tank!
