Green Terror and Jag setup?

[franchise513]

Alright but would he kill cichlds that are smaller than him? Like a convict or green terror? And could i add anything to the original stocklist of:

1 male jag
1 male green terror
breeding pair of convicts
4 red hooks
5 clown loaches

Like a Cuban or something, what about a oscar because i can get a free one and i wanted an oscar, was wondering if i could get one in there?

 

[wingate2581]

alright that sounds good i like clown loaches, and i will pick up some silver dollars, but are red hook silver dollars different then just normal silver dollars:

Red hooks have just that, a redhooked anal fin. you can clearly tell the difference between them and normal silver dollars even as juvies. I have 5 redhooks,the last 2 I bought were $14 each. they are a schooling fish so the more the better, imo. also, from what i have read is that redhooks get much bigger than normal silver dollars and spotted silver dollars. I've only owned my redhooks for about a year and have not owned normal silver dollars so the size difference I cannot say from experience. there are also other more rare species. I will try to post pics of my redhooks later on so you can see the difference. good luck with your tank setup!

 

[wingate2581]

notice the difference in the anal fin its more prounced in shape and color also notice the black out lining around the red hook they should run 5 to 15 dollars more than your silver dollar depending on your LFS.

this is a school of three spotted silver dollars which stay on the smaller side and the five others are redhook silver dollars the largest is the 5 inches and growing

 

[Gage]

i think if you add the oscar first and it stays larger then the others it will be fine, they are bullies, but arent capable of defending themselves against larger cichlids.