A personable cichlid for my 75 gallon tank.

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So I guess now it's just deciding between my two favorites that everybody agrees can work:

1)

1 con
1 firemouth
1 nic
6 giant danios
1 striped raph
1 gibbiceps pleco

or

2)
2 green severum (breeding pair)
6 giant danios
1 striped raph
1 gibbiceps pleco

Only thing I question is whether my raph would eat the sevs eggs or fry
 
divemaster99 said:
So I guess now it's just deciding between my two favorites that everybody agrees can work:

1)

1 con
1 firemouth
1 nic
6 giant danios
1 striped raph
1 gibbiceps pleco

or

2)
2 green severum (breeding pair)
6 giant danios
1 striped raph
1 gibbiceps pleco

Only thing I question is whether my raph would eat the sevs eggs or fry
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With any catfish eggs won't survive. Or the parents will kill the catfish

Sent from my VS840 4G
 
Would adding a four line (pimelodus) to any of those stocks set me over?
 
So I did research (imagine that people who say I just pick random fish, no but I really research all the fish, not all are extensive is all). And I was looking for fish that are most if the time personable get in the 12" range and have around a 50ish percent chance of killing the danios (WHICH ARE DITHER). It would be the only cichlid in the tank along with the cats and danios so here are some ones I researched and what I got from them, plus a few other options that MAY not work out. Do you guys think my info is accurate:
options:

green terror: 10-12" ; if raised with danios may not kill but no certainty. Will almost never kill my nocturnal cats since they aren't viewed as a threat.

green texas: 10-12" ; same as GT but with slightly higher chance of danio deaths. Cats dying is still unlikely but never the less, possible.

red devil, Midas, or midevil (all similar behavior and care): 12-14" ; extremely high chance of danios dying but may work if the danios were removed. Cats have a 50/50 IMR but if they stay hidden well enough may not be bothered. Pleco is pretty resilient and raph comes out for nothing anymore.

female jag: 12-15" ; danios, very high chance if death, almost certainly need removed. Cats should be fine.

ABSOLUTE NO'S (I don't care how pretty they look at the store!): doviis, male jags, umbees, large pikes.


this is the last time I will bug you guys or make any more of these threads, I promise, kick me off the forum if I break my promise! I have plenty of setups from discussing with you guys that can work and many that may work, and no some that won't work. Just need to know the info above is accurate and then I'm done other than to thank people, then I'll talk to a mod and get some old threads of these deleted!
 
All the choice you listed may or may not kill everything. Its gamble plain and simple. I've had psychotic individuals of all those fish and I've peaceful with cichlids you have to take a chance if the danios die so be it,it happens. Just try and watch it only way you'll know. All the question asking is just speculation honestly. Just try I've had fish I loved killed but that's the cichlid game Sent from my VS840 4G
 
Crazy mike said:
All the choice you listed may or may not kill everything. Its gamble plain and simple. I've had psychotic individuals of all those fish and I've peaceful with cichlids you have to take a chance if the danios die so be it,it happens. Just try and watch it only way you'll know. All the question asking is just speculation honestly. Just try I've had fish I loved killed but that's the cichlid game Sent from my VS840 4G
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Thanks Mike, yeah that's pretty much what I have gathered from my researching of pretty much any of the larger cichlids, just hope IF I do get an amph or a more agro one it won't kill the cats. But like you said, its all just chance.
 
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