Help stock a 125-150 gallon
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Thanks for the tips. As for getting hets I've got a couple local guys that I'm going in on with a group order with cota so hopefully that won't be an issue.
I threw in 2 vieja hets because i thought they were peaceful enough to coexist with the others. If not then I'll definitely do 1. Any suggestions on something i can replace it with? 2nd bp? Severum?
I threw in 2 vieja hets because i thought they were peaceful enough to coexist with the others. If not then I'll definitely do 1. Any suggestions on something i can replace it with? 2nd bp? Severum?
Would a bocourti work if I could find one for a 125? Everything I can find on them says they are very mild.
1 V. Heterospila
1 BP
1 Chocolate
1 Bocourti
2-3 Rainbow Cichlids
2-3 Hoplo Cats
1 V. Heterospila
1 BP
1 Chocolate
1 Bocourti
2-3 Rainbow Cichlids
2-3 Hoplo Cats
They do but they have massive proportion in every other way.I also think a 14 inch fish is a little on the large side with other stock.
It's all personal taste but I don't like mixing cichlids from other continents.
You seem to like Severums, why not do a small group of sevs a school of diamond tetras and a few festivums.
It would make a much more natural display of fish with similar water and temperature requirements.
I would definitely drop blood parrots, purely because they are hideous. I guess we all have different tastes though.
You could also have a few small south American catfish with this stock and far fewer potential aggression problems.
It's all personal taste but I don't like mixing cichlids from other continents.
You seem to like Severums, why not do a small group of sevs a school of diamond tetras and a few festivums.
It would make a much more natural display of fish with similar water and temperature requirements.
I would definitely drop blood parrots, purely because they are hideous. I guess we all have different tastes though.
You could also have a few small south American catfish with this stock and far fewer potential aggression problems.
Thank you for the suggestion but the whole point of this tank was to keep a bp and a v. Heterospilus. I'm just looking for 2 more large fish to put with them. I really like chocolates and have seen a few tanks on here and other places of then with melenarus so i figured they were a feasible addition. I know they are sa but i want to try to put them in if they can work. I'd like to get one more large ish fish in there if i can. I put the rainbows in there for some activity and color but they cab easily be removed
Sevs will be in a different tank
Sevs will be in a different tank
That is likely what will happen. I will more than likely end up with 3-4 1-2 inchers and start them off in a 40b. Then a 55, then the 125. But once they make it to the 125, I'd like to have some other fish with them, not just a species tank. I know BP's are not a fan favorite but I have kept them in the past and would like to keep 1 again. And I've admired chocolates for a long time. So if I kept a couple of other big fish in there (BP and Chocolate) I assumed I would only have room for 1 or 2 heterospilas. Would a nic make sense for a fourth fish? I would prefer to keep multiple hets but i figured a 125-150 would only allow me to keep 1 with other big species. Thank you again for all of your help. It is much appreciated.
Would a nic be feasible?
1 V. Heterospilas
1 Chocolate
1 BP
1 Nic
3-4 Rainbow Cichlids (if i have the room) or some other small cichlid (open to suggestions)
3 Hoplo Cats
1 V. Heterospilas
1 Chocolate
1 BP
1 Nic
3-4 Rainbow Cichlids (if i have the room) or some other small cichlid (open to suggestions)
3 Hoplo Cats
