150 gallon tank...5ft / 2ft /2ft

[south coast nelly]

i have in my tank
2 oscars around 10 inch mark
1 jaguar<poss male<bulging head developing>7 inch mark
1 green terror<female>5inches>never grown more>
1 jack dempsey<female>5-6inches>
1 severum<male<6-7inches>
1 gibbcep<unknown<26inches>
1 hoplo<unknown<5inches>
1 candy plec<unknown<3inches>can never catch it to move it...still alive>

ok the question........iam looking to upgrade to a poss 300+ gallon tank but this looks to be round january time.....
do you guys think its possible to buy more cichlids now and keep happy in this tank<no fighting at present.....
want to get them together why they are still young fish....
reading the overstocking thread for south/central americans and made me think it could actually be possible

 

[ewok]

i'm going to say no, because it looks like it's bulging to the seams already. i shouldn't be one to talk given my experience in 'tank busting' from >10 years ago, but now i wouldn't do anything like that now.
but ultimately it depends on your filtration and water changes schedule. if you keep the water top notch then might work out. but i say keep things as they are as there's still a lot of time left till january for your jag and GT especially to put on more size and possibly aggression.

 

[Cross127]

i'm going to say no, because it looks like it's bulging to the seams already. i shouldn't be one to talk given my experience in 'tank busting' from >10 years ago, but now i wouldn't do anything like that now.
but ultimately it depends on your filtration and water changes schedule. if you keep the water top notch then might work out. but i say keep things as they are as there's still a lot of time left till january for your jag and GT especially to put on more size and possibly aggression.

. Ewok has it down to the tee. You could but most of the time crowding CA's won't work. I mean you can do it, but you definately lose some fish. I say when you get your 300 put a drip system on it and crowd the hell out of it. I love when big tanks have lots of CA's but only when they are kept healthy and in tip top shape.

 

[south coast nelly]

ok thanks so much for the imput guys......
iam going to leave it now.......
another question you know these pangas/irridesent sharks 2-3 feet....i love them and my lfs has some at 1inch for £2.........how long do they take to grow and ca it be grown out in my 3foot tank with a birchir