200 gallon - stocking ideas

[Lecozens]

Hi all,

I'm new here so be gentle been reading the forums for ages and finally decided to go for an upgrade and need some help.

I've recently acquired a 200 gallon tank and need to stock it. I do have some fish to already go in and am looking for ideas to bulster my numbers.

Current fish are:
4 X clown angel fish
3 X krobia Xingu

I'm looking to stick with the South American vibe and would like to put fish of a similar or larger size. I am quite emotionally attached to my krobias and anything that goes in would need to complement these and not ruin their lives.

Current thoughts (and feel free to tell me I am wrong) are the below:

Smaller geophagus species -possibly redheads
Convict cichlids
Blue acara
Either fish - probably spotted silver dollars

I would love a green terror, but think it would be too agressive/murderous.

As stated I would love suggestions from you all


Thanks ?

 

[Rocksor]

Are you looking to make the krobias the centerpiece? If so, I find that the redheads would distract from the krobias. But their temperament would be fine.

I wouldn't do the convicts, as they can be a pain to other similar sized cichlids.

 

[Lecozens]

Hi,

I should of clarified, apologies. The krobias don't need to be the centre piece, purely they are non-negotiable if that makes sense.

I want to build a tank they can live in, but not necessarily have them as the eventual star.