Help Chichlid issue,

[Peter hallett]

So ive had fish not a problem but when it comes to chichlids, having pairs you can run into problems down the line and the amount off different level aggressiveness can be a problem too, and please im only interested in comments from people that have had chichilds that have grown to adult size only due to they have the experience, I have a 240 litre tank and on friday I am picking up 1 gold nugget plec,1 green phantom plec,1 firemouth,1 blue acara and 1 kribensis, please tell me would I run into any problems with these already selected, and what other fish could I add to this selection without problems down the line, please find my tank pic enclosed in this post,please note I have no fish in at the moment cause I believe with chichlids addimg fish in later can also be a problem so they have to go in all together

 

[duanes]

That combination would not work for me, in that size tank.
Kribs are soft water cichlids from Africa that do best in groups of their own kind.
T meeki are hard water species from Mexico that do best in shoals of their own kind.
Blue acara's can become aggressive, especially as a single individual.
And a 240 liter (65 gal) tank is a bit too small to put all those together.
It would work best for a group of Kribs, or temporarily for a shoal of small meeki. Or maybe a trio of Acara's.

 

[Peter hallett]

That combination would not work for me, in that size tank.
Kribs are soft water cichlids from Africa that do best in groups of their own kind.
T meeki are hard water species from Mexico that do best in shoals of their own kind.
Blue acara's can become aggressive, especially as a single individual.
And a 240 liter (65 gal) tank is a bit too small to put all those together.
It would work best for a group of Kribs, or temporarily for a shoal of small meeki. Or maybe a trio of Acara's.

What if I just went fire mouths and blue acaras would that work and how many would you get of each

 

[duanes]

Because FMs do best in a shoal of their own kind, and the size the tank is, I would only do one species or the other. But I am also biased, because I don't believe mixing Central/North American cichlids (the FMs) with South American cichlids (the acaras), is a good idea. If the lack of geographical correctness is not a problem for you, then do what you want, but a 65 gal aquarium, is in my opinion, too small for those two species in a population needed where you are attempting to hold down aggression.
FMs are often more bluff than actual aggressive readiness, and acaras can be lethal.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Exactly what duanes said.
It's good solid advice.