A personable cichlid for my 75 gallon tank.

[divemaster99]

Would this work (cutting back a bit on cichlids):

1 green severum
1 either blue acara or gold severum
6 giant danios
1 striped raphael cat
1 spotted raphael cat
1 jaguar catfish
1 saulfin pleco (1.5 years)

temp: 76
ph: 7.6
wc: weekly 40%

 

[Mythic Figment]

Yes


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[divemaster99]

Yes


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I know I'm pushing it now but......how about instead of the sev and a acara..........a breeding pair if sevs since I know they are more passive than most cichlids?

 

[Crazy mike]

I know I'm pushing it now but......how about instead of the sev and a acara..........a breeding pair if sevs since I know they are more passive than most cichlids?

A breeding pair would still get territorial so no other cichlids but it may work but with all those catfish don't expect eggs to survive

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[divemaster99]

A breeding pair would still get territorial so no other cichlids but it may work but with all those catfish don't expect eggs to survive

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No other cichlids of course just the danios as DITHER. As long as a few fry make it I'll be happy

 

[Mythic Figment]

No other cichlids of course just the danios as DITHER. As long as a few fry make it I'll be happy

Breeding sevs would work, but there will be no fry that survive with all those cats you've got in there. Not even a few.


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[Crazy mike]

Don't expect the eggs to survive. As soon as it gets dark the cats will get them

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[divemaster99]

Dang, then I guess I'll just two the green and gold sevs then.

 

[divemaster99]

Breeding sevs would work, but there will be no fry that survive with all those cats you've got in there. Not even a few.


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Sevs lay their eggs on a flat surface correct. I could just take out whatever they laid the eggs on and put it in a breeder net I have that would go in the upper corner of the tank, or use a tank divider to keep the eggs and possibly the parents separate.

 

[divemaster99]

How long would this last before I needed to upgrade (which I will be doing eventually):

1 green severum
1 chocolate cichlid
6 giant danios
all the cats from the previous stock

i know that's definitely to small cramped for long term especially for the chocolate.
those are both pretty peaceful from my knowledge and I would get them both at about 2 inches.
so what's my timeframe before I need to upgrade if I did this?