120 Gallon Question?

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
texas cichlids stay fairly calm until they begin to sexually mature. When that happens they get preeeeeetty aggressive. They're generally only kept with other bigger aggressive cichlids. i feel like the silver dollars wouldn't stand a chance, and the rest of the tank mates would probably have a rough time too. Keep in mind that not all texas cichlids are like this, but all of the big ones i've met are.

i would say maybe switch to something like an oscar, which, in a tank that size, would have no problem getting along with those tank mates. If you don't like oscars cause they're too "common" there's still a lot of american cichlids around that size that would be less aggressive. But Oscar's are really cool...
 
Thanks, thats what I wanted to do originally. I already have a tiger oscar in my 180g tank, so my wife said, why do you want 2 of the same fish(ha ha). So maybe I will get a Red Oscar, that may be better aggresion wise. thanks
 
That sounds like a really nice tank.
 
Thanks, that should be good and the King Kong Parrot is something different that will add some nice color to the tank! Thanks
 
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