Experience in these breeds?

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SuzanaBanana

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Someone was giving away these 2 fish because they did not have the correct size tank for them (had them both in a 55)

Anyone with any experience with these guys?

Trimac Cichlid
Cuban Cichlid

how does this stocking seem to you? Im not sure if i should try to re-home them as well, i think im overstocked?

210 gallon
3 oscars
1 jack dempsey
1 firemouth
1 red devil
1 flower horn
1 texas cichlid
1 blood parrot
1 dinosaur bichir
1 Trimac
1 Cuban Cichlid
1 raphael catfish
 
BIG-G said:
Yeah those are some pretty large aggressive and messy eaters . I hope you have some very good filtration on this tank.

I wouldn't add anything else.
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My plan is to leave as is. And we have 2 canister filters running. We also do water changes once a week. You think they'll be ok to keep? (Considering if the aggression isnt an issue)
 
I think aggression will be an issue. These fish will all be over 12 inches except the firemouth and I'm afraid there's a good chance you will see how bad it will get with a flower horn, trimac, red devil and even the Texas get to maturity.
The firemouth and the oscars are not even in the same category as a pissed off trimac or devil!
 
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BIG-G said:
I think aggression will be an issue. These fish will all be over 12 inches except the firemouth and I'm afraid there's a good chance you will see how bad it will get with a flower horn, trimac, red devil and even the Texas get to maturity.
The firemouth and the oscars are not even in the same category as a pissed off trimac or devil!
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Ok, thank you for the help
 
Pond9 said:
Every fish has its own personality but I know I got at least one flowerhorn that will not tolerate any mates or even me cleaning his tank he's drawn blood on me a few times lol
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Wow!!! Thats crazy!
the trimac, red devil, and Cuban seem to be a bit aggressive to each other, nothing crazy. But leave everyone else alone. They all dont seem to mind us though
 
FriedFlowerHornFillet said:
With constant monitoring you can pull off some crazy situations but sometimes pulling off an overstocked tank really can turn into it's own part time job. Only it's a part time job where instead of getting paid -you pay your boss (fish)
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Lol o ya i already feel like fish keeping is our part time job. We have 4 tanks, so every week its a few hours for water changes lol
 
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Even in a 210 you're going to run into agression problems. How large are the fish now? Also be careful and watch for fish pairing up. A lot of this cichlids can potentially hybridize and can reek havoc on your other fish and possibly take them out in a matter of hours / days. I would not recommend the bichir with the cichlids even when growing out. Good luck with whichever route you do
 
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