Additional Fish to 75 Gallon

[SalviniCichlidFan]

Hey y'all

I have a 75 gallon cichlid tank:
1) Firemouth
1) jewel cichlid
1) blood parrot
1) convict
2) peacocks
1) stigmachromis
According to aqadvisor it is roughly 75-80 percent full.
I was thinking about adding the following (but not all)
1) salvini cichlid
1) electric blue acara
1) Jack Dempsey
1) green terror
1) texas cichlid
1) some other type of cichlid that you can recommend

which of the following would be most suitable for my tank?

 

[Gourami Swami]

Sorry bud, probably not what you want to hear, but you are already overstocked, or at least at capacity. Certainly can't recommend you add any of the med to large-growing, aggressive cichlids on your list. Fish like texas, green terror, etc. would need their own 75 gallon, and that would be considered about the minimum tank size. If you are newer to the cichlid world, or if your fish are still juveniles, you may not realize yet how large and aggressive some of these fish can get. You will have your work cut out for you getting your current fish to coexist long-term.

 

[SalviniCichlidFan]

Sorry bud, probably not what you want to hear, but you are already overstocked, or at least at capacity. Certainly can't recommend you add any of the med to large-growing, aggressive cichlids on your list. Fish like texas, green terror, etc. would need their own 75 gallon, and that would be considered about the minimum tank size. If you are newer to the cichlid world, or if your fish are still juveniles, you may not realize yet how large and aggressive some of these fish can get. You will have your work cut out for you getting your current fish to coexist long-term.

The fish stopped growing so they probably reached their size limit. None of them are aggressive at all (fine maybe some chasing here and there) so I was thinking about adding another fish since the tank looks understocked and there aren't aggression issues. Can I add more Peacocks since they fill out the top of the tank which is relatively empty at the moment?

 

[Rtc/tsn]

The fish stopped growing so they probably reached their size limit. None of them are aggressive at all (fine maybe some chasing here and there) so I was thinking about adding another fish since the tank looks understocked and there aren't aggression issues. Can I add more Peacocks since they fill out the top of the tank which is relatively empty at the moment?

Pics?

 

[Rocksor]

The fish stop growing? How long have you had them? Male convicts can get almost as large as the palm of an adult hand if you give it the right care and keep it long enough. Bps get the same size too.

if you want to decorate your tank more by filling it with more cichlids, then only keep African cichlids in that tank. Trade in the FM, convict, and bp.

 

[SalviniCichlidFan]

The fire mouth is 5-6 inches, the convict is female so it gets to 4 inches which is its size rn, the bp is 5 inches, the jewel is 4 inches, the 2 peacocks are 5 inches and the stigmachromis is 6-inches. Judging by the size I think they're all adults now. I can send pics to show how empty my tank looks

 

[SalviniCichlidFan]

 

[Deadeye]

Convict may still have a bit left. That parrot is going to get huge, 8-10 inches. Judging from your picture it doesn’t look bigger than 3-4 inches. Mine is 6 inches and still small. Unless it’s the way the picture shows, none of those fish look the size you say, and have a lot of growing left.
That orange peacock, what type is it? Reminds me of a juvie red zebra mbuna (nasty guys) more than any peacock.
Do you have better pics of the convict? Hard to tell it’s a female in the pic, and if it isn’t, it’s getting a lot bigger. If female, it is going to claim half the tank during egg laying season, and if the parrot is the opposite gender, you’ve got a whole other problem.
Both jewels and convicts are crazy, they go on killing sprees because they feel like it.
Packing more cichlids works for Malawi cichlids and only Malawi cichlids (maybe some exceptions). With American cichlids (or African riverine), it increases stress and makes them want to kill each other more. Then one wins out and you have lots of bodies to clean up.

 

[Gourami Swami]

I guess "looking empty" is a matter of perspective. To me, it looks like there are plenty of fish and activity in the tank, and the fish are not killing each other. Also yes the blood parrot will get 3 times that size, it is small at the moment.
I agree, if you want a tank that is packed with more fish, you should sell the american cichlids and go for a full tank of african mbuna. They do much better with "overstocking" and are less likely to kill each other in that kind of setup. Adding a large aggressive american cichlid like texas, green terror, etc. would be a bad idea. Your fish seem to be doing fine now, my advice would be if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

 

[Deadeye]

If you want activity and to keep the fish you may want to look at something like giant danios or Aussie rainbows. Make the tank look active and don’t cause any issues.