Can my tank handle one more?

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ambition420

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I currently have a 125 gallon with one tiger oscar, two red bay snooks, one black shark,one fire mouth and one raphael cat. I have an fx5 and a cascade 1500 for filtration. I look at my tank and I think that it needs something else to make it complete. In all of your collective wisdom I figure I can find the answer to my question...............Can I add more fish. I think it would be nice to see more activity in the tank. Would another oscar be pushing it? Can I add another fire mouth? Or should I just leave it as it is?

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you might be but your kinda puchin it with another o, maybe another meeki but idk.
 
Would be pushing it w/an O. Maybe a Dempsey or some Cons.
 
maybe a carpinte, GT or JD would be a good idea.
 
not sure about the shark either, but I'd add a firemouth to form a pair. Lots of room, and the other fish are big enough the FM's shouldn't get too agressive. They like plants too but those are hard to keep with Oscars

I thought about a JD but the Firemouth is smaller = less bio load, so you'd be in better shape adding a small cichlid if any IMO
 
that shark does grow huge,,,,,and they get aggresive,,,,why dont you maybe go for something a little different like a senagal birchir,fire eel,
 
My 125 has 2 pearsi 8 and 11 inches, 1 V. Regani 7 inches, 1 P. Nouristatti 7 inches, 1 P Altifrons 5 inches, 1 Nic 7 inches and 2 small V. Heterospillum about 3 inches. I've known for a long time that i need to thin it out but can't bring myself to give them up. Compared to mine yours doesn't seem over stocked.
 
i would get rid of the Shark as it will out grow the tank and get a JD, GT, maybe also adding plecos would liven it up a little bit
 
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