Comparability issues help!!!!

[Ashley106]

So today was the day I started to stock my tank

I decided to add 3 fish first
oscar
severum (wild court red shoulder )
synipulis

Now I fort the issue would of been the oscar but it's not , the synipulis has done nuffin but the issue is the synipulis chasing the hell out of the Severum as is now getting stressed n not looking happy so options are

re home synipulis
re home Severum
pair up the Severum ?

My my planed stocking after this would be a green terror electric blue Dempsey and not sure what else yet

tank is a 5ft 125g

thanks in advance

 

[ragin_cajun]

How big are these fish and in how big is the tank? If tbe Syn and Sev are close in size, I'd give it a few days, watch em close. Try adding a couple more fish if you have a big enough tank. That could well help dissipate the Syn's aggression. Something close in size to tbe Syn, maybe even another Vieja. Try a divider for a few days maybe.


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[suprd71]

If your 3 current fish do get along eventually, your volume and footprint makes a full tank. When Oscar and Syn approach adult size you will actually be overstocked. The slow growing GT and even slower, much milder EBJD wouldnt stand a chance. You would need 6ft and 180g minimum.

 

[Ashley106]

The oscar is around 8inch and the seva nd syn are very similar in size around 6-7 inch , thanks for ur help I may add fish to bring the aggression down I was thinking doing this , the oscar and sev will have there own tank when bigger

 

[suprd71]

Adding fish wont bring aggression down. It will only add stress to the current stock, put more strain on the bio load, and make things worse. SA/CA cichlids dont do well in crowded surroundings.

 

[Ashley106]

Thanks for the advice I added 2 more fish another Severum and a large pearl cichlids so far aggression has equaled out and the tank is a lot more relaxed am just gonna c how it goes and rehome certain fish as the main fish I want to keep ( oscar and synipulis ) grow , bio load wise am just gonna have to test every day and water change as I need to as my tank re cycles the active media I took from the pond