210 stocking help

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This is my plan to stock the 210
2-3 stingrays(keep for 1-2 years
1 jardini arowana
2-4 oscars
5-10 silver dollars
1 starry night cichlid
2-3 red severums

I of course am not getting every fish.
But these are the fish im most interested in putting in the tank and want to c what is compatible.

Filtration is gonna be fluval fx5 cascade 1200 and a hob could also in the future add a cascade 1000.

Also any other fish suggestions and tips.
 
Im not a stocking cop but imo the oscars alone would push that tank over the limit. Never kept rays but from what i understand they can put out a huge bio load. Silver dollars eat like garbage cans with fins and get pretty big and the jar might not play well with others.
 
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I would just go with a group of oscars. I think you could keep 4 adults in that tank successfully with heavy, routine maintenance. Thats it though.

Jardini and stingrays simply grow too large.
 
Ok im not keeping just 4 oscars in there ill try something else then.

Well in your original post you indicated you wanted to keep "2-4 oscars" with a slew of other large fish. I was just suggesting narrowing your focus.

If you do want lots of different kinds of fish, i would start with the severums. They are impressive when fully grown, are community friendly, and dont grow as massive as oscars. Then you can add a large variety of smaller fish to compliment them.
 
Well in your original post you indicated you wanted to keep "2-4 oscars" with a slew of other large fish. I was just suggesting narrowing your focus.

If you do want lots of different kinds of fish, i would start with the severums. They are impressive when fully grown, are community friendly, and dont grow as massive as oscars. Then you can add a large variety of smaller fish to compliment them.
Yah Ill do tht probably
 
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