Help with jack dempsey stocking

[CloudTheFluffy]

Hello this is my first post and I'm looking for some input on my situation.

About a month ago I did a pick up order with my lfs for 3 fire mouth cichlids so I never saw them in the store tanks, when I got home I realized I had been given the wrong fish and found out that they had given me jack dempseys instead.

The store is over an hour away and I wasn't able to go back and try and return them.
Two have paired up and the third was getting bullied so I moved him/her into my 125g temporarily with my blood parrot and EBA.

I was wondering if one dempsey could live in my 65g while the pair could live in my 125g with the following stock:

1 EBA
1 blood parrot
12 large barbs
5 pictus catfish

Thanks for any help in advance.

 

[tlindsey]

Hello this is my first post and I'm looking for some input on my situation.

About a month ago I did a pick up order with my lfs for 3 fire mouth cichlids so I never saw them in the store tanks, when I got home I realized I had been given the wrong fish and found out that they had given me jack dempseys instead.

The store is over an hour away and I wasn't able to go back and try and return them.
Two have paired up and the third was getting bullied so I moved him/her into my 125g temporarily with my blood parrot and EBA.

I was wondering if one dempsey could live in my 65g while the pair could live in my 125g with the following stock:

1 EBA
1 blood parrot
12 large barbs
5 pictus catfish

Thanks for any help in advance.

Welcome aboard
I suggest keeping the pair in the 65 gallon.

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

Ya I know from persona experience a pair of JDs will try to kill everthing including you during water changes lol

 

[CloudTheFluffy]

Oh okay I wasn't sure if a 65g would be big enough for a pair. I'll take everything else out of the 65g soon and put them in different tanks.
Thanks for the help.