500/600 gallon stocking :shocked:

[bill hundt]

I am setting up a 600 gallon new world cichlid tank. Lots of plecos. What cichlids would you put in the tank.

 

[clekchau]

large central american , freddy, jaguar, midas, trimac, black belt, bifa, argentea, hartwegi all my favorites in terms of personality and size.

any pics?

 

[fishman09]

pair of dovii or pair of umbee is all id put in a 600

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[Michael6945c]

The entire parachromis family ^^


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[trace]

The entire parachromis family ^^


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Maybe minus dovii but even then don't expect any peace in the tank


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[Michael6945c]

Female dovii, male everything else lol.. Or you could skip out on the dovii and get a grammode instead, since they're so similar.. But then it wouldn't be parachromis..

Ehh with 600 gallons and a female dovii and male everything else I dont think there will be too many issues.. As long as there's enough hiding spots lol.. Poor little motaguense would be so scared of an 18" dovii and 15" jag >.<


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[rrcoolj]

pair of dovii or pair of umbee is all id put in a 600

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+1 You would be one of the few people who actually has the space to house them properly I would take advantage of that.

 

[Aquanero]

I'd go in another direction. I would do about 75 Serpae tetras, 20 corys, about 15 Heckel discus or Altums and maybe about 6 Acarichthys heckelii a Panaque nigrolineatus or two to keep the wood clean add a group of about 15-20 Hatchet fish for the top. Add some nice big pieces of driftwood, a sand substrate and some LEDs for a good shimmer effect. Somthing along those lines anyway would be very cool IMO.

 

[Michael6945c]

Ehh it's whatever he likes. I personally like carnivorous fish, therefore tetras and stuff for me are viewed at feeders lol. Do the dovii or umbee. I like parachromis, so do dovii.. They're beautiful and seem to have great personalities lol.. Throw in a bunch of danios and stuff when they're young though, since the dovii will hide for a while lol. Thad my only problem with fish. I have a 5" managuense and he still hides and gets scared often.. Lol makes it hard for me to keep him, such a big tank and when you walk by it looks empty.. Makes me sad


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[trace]

I would do the umbees. They are an open water predator so they are always out and about. They are very interactive as well and you can't beat the colors.


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