New cichlid tank.

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Plenty of good suggestions, If you go 180gal you could add a few small/mid non-catfish as well. Although if you want to leave the O's alone I'm sure they will be entertaining and fill the tank. But you could add another cichlid or two if you want, something that will stay under 10" or so and isn't very aggressive. A severum would be perfect. A few large dithers would work as well, silver dollars are a common favorite.
 
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Gourami Swami said:
Plenty of good suggestions, If you go 180gal you could add a few small/mid non-catfish as well. Although if you want to leave the O's alone I'm sure they will be entertaining and fill the tank. But you could add another cichlid or two if you want, something that will stay under 10" or so and isn't very aggressive. A severum would be perfect. A few large dithers would work as well, silver dollars are a common favorite.
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Yeah I saw an electric blue acara at the lfs last night and really liked it. Aren't they similar to severums in size and behavior? They sure look similar. I'm meh on sd and any other fish resembling piranhas. Just not my taste. But something that schooled would be nice.
 
Backfromthedead said:
Do the euruptus swim around upside Down? I loathe upside down catfish. But they are cool lookin.
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Look is similar just three times + the size. Euruptus get 8-9" and rotund. Not super active and hide a lot and live up to the catfish rep so f waste producers. They do squeak and click which if you haven't heard it, it'll drive you nuts trying to figure out what you're hearing. Mine liked to be a bully. Multipunctatus are way more active and quick like pictus and similar size. I've never kept multis so couldn't really speak to their ability to avoid being eaten.

If you want a schooling fish Denisons, Bala sharks, full grown tiger barbs(relatively cheap so a little predation wouldn't strain too much), larger rainbows like Bosemani/iridian/turquoise, pink tail chalceus. Lots of different group fish will go well with O's. With the bigger fish like Balas/denisons/chalceus I would keep it to 5-7 and the rainbows 10-12, and the tiger barbs 15 -20. All this assuming the 180, I just don't think the 4' 150 is worth it.

How I would set it up is:
2 O's
6 Balas
8 pictus
If you absolutely have to have a pleco like some do an albino bristlenose
Pool filter sand driftwood with anubias/java fern

Sorry for the long post
 
Chockful O Phail said:
Look is similar just three times + the size. Euruptus get 8-9" and rotund. Not super active and hide a lot and live up to the catfish rep so f waste producers. They do squeak and click which if you haven't heard it, it'll drive you nuts trying to figure out what you're hearing. Mine liked to be a bully. Multipunctatus are way more active and quick like pictus and similar size. I've never kept multis so couldn't really speak to their ability to avoid being eaten.

If you want a schooling fish Denisons, Bala sharks, full grown tiger barbs(relatively cheap so a little predation wouldn't strain too much), larger rainbows like Bosemani/iridian/turquoise, pink tail chalceus. Lots of different group fish will go well with O's. With the bigger fish like Balas/denisons/chalceus I would keep it to 5-7 and the rainbows 10-12, and the tiger barbs 15 -20. All this assuming the 180, I just don't think the 4' 150 is worth it.

How I would set it up is:
2 O's
6 Balas
8 pictus
If you absolutely have to have a pleco like some do an albino bristlenose
Pool filter sand driftwood with anubias/java fern

Sorry for the long post
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Thanks for the advice. I've been considering some sort of schoolers but think I would just like a nice shoal of pictus. Forget the pleco this is a tank for classy fish lol.
 
Alright so If I were to put, in a 180g

2 oscars
A Lima shovelnose
A gold severum
A blue acara
And a group, no more than 8, pictus cats.

Would the tank be large enough? Would the Lima just eat everybody? And if all that checks out, At what point should I introduce everybody, while they're all as young and small as possible in the 75 I'm currently using? Or just wait until the 180 is up and running?
 
Backfromthedead said:
Yeah I saw an electric blue acara at the lfs last night and really liked it. Aren't they similar to severums in size and behavior? They sure look similar. I'm meh on sd and any other fish resembling piranhas. Just not my taste. But something that schooled would be nice.
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they dont get very large. Maybe 6" or so. Pretty peaceful fish as long as you dont house two males together. As far as syno cats go, once they get over a couple inches, they dont hide at all.
 
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Backfromthedead said:
Alright so If I were to put, in a 180g

2 oscars
A Lima shovelnose
A gold severum
A blue acara
And a group, no more than 8, pictus cats.

Would the tank be large enough? Would the Lima just eat everybody? And if all that checks out, At what point should I introduce everybody, while they're all as young and small as possible in the 75 I'm currently using? Or just wait until the 180 is up and running?
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It's either or for the Lima or the pictus/acara. Though a Lima is not a huge cat, its still a cat and anything that fits in it's mouth will be eaten. The saying is "never trust a catfish"

The only way you'll be able to introduce any other cichlids is at the time when you put them in the 180. The 75 is more than claimed by the O's by now and any other cichlid will either kill or be killed. EBAs may or may not work, their chance of survival solely relying on your O's accepting them in their space. That is not very likely being as that the EBAs are 1 cichlids and 2 close to food size. A severum may work but same thing and being the odd man out may prove difficult. But again nothing else in the the 75, it's far too late for that.
 
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