Additional Fish to 75 Gallon

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Deadeye said:
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.
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I guess you can use the blue boat as a point of reference since the fish look smaller than they are. The boat is about 5-6 inches long. I can show you close up pics of the orange peacock. I think it's a peacock because of the pointed mouth. I know it's a female because of the orange blotches on the side. And yes lol I know what you mean by "whole other problem" but luckily the parrot looks to be female since she has that egg tube. My jewel cichlid is surprisingly chill and doesn't attack anyone. The only aggressive fish is my fire mouth who doesn't try to kill the other fish, he just defends his territory.
 
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Hopefully they stay this nice.
 
Gourami Swami said:
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.
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Id say the blood parrot is 5 inches rn, hard to tell with the pic tho. This is one of the rare moments where all the fish are at the camera since usually they are more dispersed. The main thing that I'm looking at is the absence of fish at the top so I was thinking about a top-water cichlid like haps or peacocks.
 
SalviniCichlidFan said:
I guess you can use the blue boat as a point of reference since the fish look smaller than they are. The boat is about 5-6 inches long. I can show you close up pics of the orange peacock. I think it's a peacock because of the pointed mouth. I know it's a female because of the orange blotches on the side. And yes lol I know what you mean by "whole other problem" but luckily the parrot looks to be female since she has that egg tube. My jewel cichlid is surprisingly chill and doesn't attack anyone. The only aggressive fish is my fire mouth who doesn't try to kill the other fish, he just defends his territory.
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"I know it's a female" as in the convict
 
SalviniCichlidFan said:
ok ill give u credit. was expecting (Darth) Jar Jar Binks
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Glad you added the darth. Would have been upset if he was referred to by his fake id. I can only tolerate him if he’s a sith.
 
Deadeye said:
Glad you added the darth. Would have been upset if he was referred to by his fake id. I can only tolerate him if he’s a sith.
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Jar jar is my favorite character in the franchise I know he’s hated by most but always been a favorite for me and never heard about the darth jar jar theory until just now
 
Rtc/tsn said:
Jar jar is my favorite character in the franchise I know he’s hated by most but always been a favorite for me and never heard about the darth jar jar theory until just now
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Never heard of darth jar jar till now? Tsk tsk
 
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