Compatible SA fish for Hoplarchus psittacus

[bigfishrcool1193]

I saw Rapps has some and I may be interested in getting one, maybe two from a LFS that orders from Rapps.

questions about mixing H. psittacus (4-4.5" probably smaller)

would one be compatible with:

Uaru (current one is 9")?
eartheaters (4 geos 7" and two satanoperca 3" and two Guianacara Geayi 2")?
6 hemiodus (3")?
1 hujeta (6")?
1 pink tail chalceus (5")?
5 headstanders (2-3")?
maybe 2 festivums (2-3")?
2 angel fish (6")?

should I be worried about aggressiveness between H. psit. and smaller fish, or with Uaru and angels?

 

[fishfarm]

I have them in with Uaru and Heros efasiatus, The psitticus are all 4", the other fish are smaller, no problems, I have 4 if you want to get them shipped. Ken

 

[HiImSean]

i have my psittacus with a rotkeil, jurupari, and a sveni pike. there's also a fei feng, indo datnoid, and two bichirs in the tank. the psittacus is very chill in the tank. the rotkeil, they're about the same size, actually chases him a little. everything else in the tank is smaller than him. no chasing what soever from him

 

[peathenster]

Had a group of 4 (5") with severums and eartheaters (including some juvies) - no problem ever. They paid a fair amount of attention to each other but not to other fish.

 

[bigfishrcool1193]

Had a group of 4 (5") with severums and eartheaters (including some juvies) - no problem ever. They paid a fair amount of attention to each other but not to other fish.

thanks you three.....

now another question, would one be ok or do they like to school when they're 4"?

 

[peathenster]

I'd say one is fine. They don't school, and can be quite aggressive toward each other as adults.

 

[jgentry]

Cichlids don't school. Psittacus are pretty aggressive to there own kind. I would only do one or a mated pair unless you have a huge tank that can easily hold 5-7 of them. They can get 13-15 inches in home aquariums pretty easily.

 

[HiImSean]

i had 5 in my 125g ranging from 3-5". they were starting to show a bit of aggression when i sold them to jgentry

 

[jgentry]

And they still do Sean. I have 2 that seem to have paired off. At least they stay together. They truely hate the other three and chase them if they get anywhere near there spot. I'll probably have to remove the other 3 sometime in the next few months.

 

[harvick29fan]

jgentry , you could move one my way to kansas