125 Gallon Stocking

[Mean and Green]

Severums do fine with Angelfish....given that the angelfish are of a pretty good size.

 

[lp85253]

Here's a 100 gallon I stocked:

-1 male severum
-1 male chocolate (Hypselecara temporalis)
-Pair of blue acara (Aequidens pulcher)
-4 angels
-20 columbian tetras
-12 corydoras
-1 bristlenose pleco
-1 black ghost knifefish (only one I worry about)

awesome stock!....5ft. tank?

 

[dasani]

my 5ft 150g consists of 6 geo red heads, 1 festivum, 4 CL, 4 brochis, 30 serpae tetras, and 6 bleeding hearts. I'm planning on adding my 4-5" red peruvian severum if he doesn't eat the serpaes I put in his tank.

I would like to add a school of lemon tetras, and 1 or 2 more festivum if I can find a lfs that carries them.

 

[hamfist]

Personally, I've not had any success trying to keep all sorts of severums together in my 90G and 150G tanks. THe only thing that has worked for me has been a M/F pair that have decided that they like each other, or a solitary severum per tank.
I'm sure that if you stick a load of severums in a 125G they will not kill each other, nor will they actually be happy.
For a 125G, I would be looking at a lone sev, a pair (or a lone ... they can also be argumentative buggers) angel. Maybe a pair (or lone) acara or port cichlid.

For geos, I'd be looking at the Satanoperca genus, as you will be looking for a singleton or a pair. True Geophagus genus species generally don't do well in small numbers. Satanoperca species can work if you have a singleton or a M/F pair.
Fill up the numbers with large tetras (bleeding hearts are perfect !) or rainbows (yes, I know they are not SA).

Have fun setting it up ! Remember that cichlids are basically argumentative, territorial fish. Trying to put too many in small space just doesn't work.