180g SA community tank stocking

[Varacanth]

I'm currently in the planning phase for a 180g (6x2x2) and was wondering if I could get some input for this stocking idea?

1 Chocolate Cichlid
1 Blue Acara
7 Red Head Tapajos Geophagus
7 Keyhole Cichlid
7 Festivum

I'm trying to keep this tank fairly peaceful while also having fish occupy different levels of the tank. I'm thinking the festivums will fill the upper half while the geos will stick to the bottom, and the keyholes occupying the bottom to mid section. Any thoughts on this?

 

[Rocksor]

A bit crowded when all of those fish are adults (lots of large water changers). Replace the festivum with smaller dither type fis or don't replace them, simply remove them from your stocking. South American don't do well over crowded,

Personally, I would just get the chocolate and 7 red head tapajos or 7 keyhole.

 

[MrBichir]

Sounds like a cool stocking plan. Have you set up the tank yet?

 

[duanes]

A bit crowded when all of those fish are adults (lots of large water changers). Replace the festivum with smaller dither type fis or don't replace them, simply remove them from your stocking. South American don't do well over crowded,

Personally, I would just get the chocolate and 7 red head tapajos or 7 keyhole.

I agree.
I have a 180, that started with about a dozen Andinoacara.
At about a year, the alpha killed all others except he and 3 females.
He ignored non-cichlids like some tetras.

 

[Gajzila]

I agree.
I have a 180, that started with about a dozen Andinoacara.
At about a year, the alpha killed all others except he and 3 females.
He ignored non-cichlids like some tetras.

Hahahahah... my brother! You've had more fish deaths than Steven Seagal kills in all his movies combined! hahahahaha

 

[duanes]

Hahahahah... my brother! You've had more fish deaths than Steven Seagal kills in all his movies combined! hahahahaha

I admit it, (in some way or another)I've killed every fish I've ever had, and that's a lot of fish over 6 decade of fish keeping.
But as you know, all of us, every single aquarist here, (unless they sell or give their fish away for someone else to kill) will kill them all, unless they out live us

 

[decoy50]

I’ve kept one chocolate in my life and he was mean as hell! I think I’d stick with the geos and festivum and just bump up my number of geos.