Stocking ideas for 75 gallon tank

[breadhead]

I love cichlids. The thing is, my filtration is 2 Tetra Whisper EX 70 filters, idk if this enough, for I am a newbie. I like bichirs, Jack Dempseys, electric blue Acaras, Severums, firemouths, convicts, Oscar’s, eels (like knife fish), and other medium sized cichlids/bottom feeders. I can do like 25% a week water changes, and I have a 3” delhezi bichir. All ideas are greatly appreciated. I have around 5 10” plants (all El Niño ferns)

 

[PhishMon84]

pair of jacks OR EBA's or Severums. no other fish.

No oscar unless its completely alone and you dramatically increase WC regime to 75-90% weekly as a start.

I'd get a large group of FM and fill the upper strata with sailfin mollys or swordtails and call it a day

 

[duanes]

pair of jacks OR EBA's or Severums. no other fish.

No oscar unless its completely alone and you dramatically increase WC regime to 75-90% weekly as a start.

I'd get a large group of FM and fill the upper strata with sailfin mollys or swordtails and call it a day

Agree
A 75 is too small for 1 adult oscar alone.
Barely big enough for 1 pair JDs as 10" adults.
EBA, pair seems OK, and couple severums for a while, but not forever. as full adults.
Even then, as they grow, water changes will need to be continuously upgraded to reflect their size, and the nitrate waste they put out.

 

[neko1]

pair of convicts? really agressive and i find them one of the most fun cichlids to have.

But if you have a bichir in there i wouldnt recommend any cichlids (that are agressive).
I would go with african butterfly and maybe some cherrycichlids or something.

 

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[neko1]

Orinoco Dwarf Pike Cichlid (Wallaciia sp. 'Orinoco dwarf')

One of the smaller species of Pike Cichlids, the Orinoco Dwarf is a relatively peaceful Crenicichla found in the warm, acidic waters of the

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Im not sure man. Wouldn't an adult delhezi possible eat the apistogramma / dwarfpike cichlid?
I had a dwarfpike with smaller senegal and that worked for a while. I cant remember why the dwarfpike died but i thought it got eaten, but it might have been a catfish.
If not then it one of those species would indeed be great combination.



Do you only have a bichir or are there other fish in that 75 gallon aswell?

 

[breadhead]

Im not sure man. Wouldn't an adult delhezi possible eat the apistogramma / dwarfpike cichlid?
I had a dwarfpike with smaller senegal and that worked for a while. I cant remember why the dwarfpike died but i thought it got eaten, but it might have been a catfish.
If not then it one of those species would indeed be great combination.



Do you only have a bichir or are there other fish in that 75 gallon aswell?

Just a bichir and a rosy giant danio but I can move the danio to the 40 gallon.

 

[breadhead]

I said rosy before giant danio, just a normal giant danio

 

[breadhead]

Would it be possible for me to get a few FM and 1 Jack or severum?

 

[breadhead]

I can up the water changes to 40 a week but I have not the best tap so I keep 5 gallon buckets of water that has sat in medicine for a few
days.