125 Gallon Stock

[frp13187]

I'm going to be upgrading my 55 gallon tank to a 125 gallon in the near future. Dimensions are going to be the standard 72"(l)x18"(w)x23"(h). I would like to stock it with the following fish, but need some help determining how many of each can be stocked in a tank of this size or what a good mix would be.

EBJD
Severums
Geophagus sp. red head tapajos
Large group of schooling fish

Any suggestions are appreciated, especially for the type and number of schooling fish to add.

 

[cichlidfish]

A buenos aires tetras or silver dollars. If it is a planted tank then no silver dollars.

 

[TwistedPenguin]

The Blue Dempseys would probably get along fine in multiples and don't get as big as regular Demspeys so you could probably go with 4 of them, plus 5-6 Geos (who'd be great at cleaning up). I, personally, would go with more than 1 Severum as the chances wouldn't be real good of them getting along as adults. Even with a male-female pair the male's pretty mean (mine was) to the female. I had to seperate my pair. Tiger Barbs or just about any kind of Tetra or schooling fish you happened to like would mix with all those fish.

 

[frp13187]

I was thinking the following:

1 EBJD
2 Severums
6 Geophagus red head tapajos
School of 20-25 tetras of some sort

Would this stock work long term in the tank mentioned above?? If not, how would you change it?

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

sounds good to me, except I would switch the numbers on the EBJD and severum...since the severum get bigger, I'd avoid a pair

 

[Kanta]

I thought geo's and severums can't be mixed?

 

[honda237]

you can mix severums and geos.

I would do:
2 ebjd
1 severum prefer notatus, super red or rotkeil
5-6 geo red heads
2 types of schooling fish.

 

[John Rambo]

The Blue Dempseys would probably get along fine in multiples and don't get as big as regular Demspeys so you could probably go with 4 of them, plus 5-6 Geos (who'd be great at cleaning up). I, personally, would go with more than 1 Severum as the chances wouldn't be real good of them getting along as adults. Even with a male-female pair the male's pretty mean (mine was) to the female. I had to seperate my pair. Tiger Barbs or just about any kind of Tetra or schooling fish you happened to like would mix with all those fish.

I disagree. If you look through the earlier threads Ive started, ebjds dont get along with each other once they hit 3-4". check out post 12
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101827&page=2

 

[TwistedPenguin]

That's why it's tough to make generalizations Some do and some don't.

 

[frp13187]

I'd really like to keep it to one EBJD if possible and go with two severums instead.

I like the idea of having two types of schooling fish to add a little more variety. How do you guys think this would work?

1 EBJD
2 Severums (heros notatus and super red)
6 geophagus red heads
10 lemon tetras
10 bloodfin tetras

Is this overstocked for a standard 125 or will I be OK in the long run? I'm open to suggestions if not, but I'd like to keep it to these types of fish.