60 Gallon stocking thoughts

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It will be an interesting experiment what ever you do, because cichlids have distinct personalities, so combinations that work for some, can be toss ups.
And compatibility may change with time
One toss up with the acara and sajica will be color.
Anytime you put similar colored new world cichlids together, there is a chance that at maturity (when both start to really color up) they may then see each other as competitors.
The idea of a single FM might mitigate that a bit, but Thorichthys are usually a fairly social genus, and prefer to live in loose shoals of their own species (4 to 6).
Not saying it won't survive as a single specimen but in nature that's the norm.
All you can do is give it a shot
 
Quick update.....I ended up going with 1 Sajica and 1 EBA. I didn't add the school of Serpae Tetras and decided to go with a small group of Neon Swordtails - 1 male and 4 females. Both cichlids were around 1" when I got them and the Sajica was definitely the dominant fish in the tank right off the bat. It spends some time chasing the EBA but there is no fighting or fin damage and it's not constant. After 2 1/2 months the Sajica has more than doubled in size and has gone from bright gold in the dorsal fin to bright orange and is starting to get orange/red in the tail so i'm assuming it's a male. The EBA hasn't grown anywhere near as much but is growing and looks healthy. The aggression in the Sajica hasn't increased as he's gotten bigger. It's like he just reminds the EBA who the boss is every now and then and the EBA knows his place in the tank. So far so good. Hopefully it stays this way.
 
If there's any form of iridescent orange/gold in the fins, it's a female. Males have transparent red fins. Both sexes are temperamental in my experience. They have the prettiest eyes of any cichlid in my opinion. Side note on that note, p. multifasciatus and nicoya convicts have the most unique eyes in my opinion... purple. Colony of the latter would've been good in a 75 as well. Cabuya, bagaces, and piedras are the ones with the gold females, tempisque and lagarto have orange. All of these locales get huge by amatitlania standards, males hitting 6-8"+ easily, and females maxing out at 4.
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This is honestly the first Sajica I've seen in person, I've only seen them in videos and pics, so I have no experience to go by. Who knows it might not even be a Sajica. It was labeled as a Amatitlania Siquia and looks just like a Amatitlania Siquia "rio bagaces" I saw in a post on here. I'm not sure if that is a Sajica "location" or a fish closely related to the Sajica. Good to know that it's most likely a female, would be good if it maxed out at 4". I'll try to get a good pic of it and post it on here so you can go by a pic instead of my description.
Never heard of a nicoya convict, Like those purple eyes.
 
The long trailing dorsal fin that you can see in the first pic is what made me think it might be a male.
 
duanes duanes Hybridfish7 Hybridfish7 Posted pics of my fish, wondering if you can tell me if it looks like a Sajica and would you guess male or female? It's around 2 1/2" - 3" total length.
 
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