Large Green Terror tank with dithers?

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I am thinking of a large, say 200+ gallons tank for 6-8 male green terrors. To make the tank more interesting, I am thinking of large number of top swimming dithers. Not sure if the following approach will work and my worries:

1. Set up a large tank with ample rocks and low light plants.
2. Lots of floating plants.
3. Start with say adult 40-50 mollies and a 10 baby GTs.
4. Slowly thin out the GT by removing the females.
5. Hoping for hundreds of mollies when the GT mature.
6. Mollies need harder water to spawn, but GT and plants prefers softer water to thrive??
7. Even say hundred mollies and prolific spawning can't keep up with been eaten by GTs.
8. Can't differentiate and remove female GTs fast enough before pairing off and fights.
9. GT may dig or destroy plants.

Any suggestions?
 
Only can offer advice from my GT who killed the dithers I put with him (BA tetras). He is an extremely prolific digger and theres no way plants would survive with him other than the anubias I have rooted to driftwood in his tank. He frequently attempts to yank those up but usually breaks off a single leaf in the process.

Check this tank out for an excellent example. This is probably the best GT tank I've seen.
 
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Thanks Creeper, interestingly cory cats seems to survive in that youtube video. May be too wide to fit into GT's mouths? I fully expect GT to consume dithers, therefore hoping to start with 40-50 mollies and have a colony of 150+ mollies when the GTs mature enough to eat them. Not sure if that strategy will work of course.
 
I am hoping for the tank to be like this one, except swapping discus with GTs ... of course the GTs may not be kind to the sword plants, and dithers.

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MonsterFishCreeper said:
Only can offer advice from my GT who killed the dithers I put with him (BA tetras). He is an extremely prolific digger and theres no way plants would survive with him other than the anubias I have rooted to driftwood in his tank. He frequently attempts to yank those up but usually breaks off a single leaf in the process.

Check this tank out for an excellent example. This is probably the best GT tank I've seen.
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Stanzzzz7 Stanzzzz7 - He owes you royalties for using your video ;)
 
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toffee said:
6. Mollies need harder water to spawn, but GT and plants prefers softer water to thrive??
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Not true,Most gt are found in hard water.

Stressed out mollies are very prone to bacterial infections. I don't think this idea is a good one.
Gt are not predators they are omnivorous.
 
I have a pair of green terrors in a 125 (they spawn regularly in there) with a bunch of other fish - a couple other cichlids but mostly larger barbs- t-barbs, assimilis barbs rohani barbs clown barbs and some clown loach grow outs.. works perfect.. the barbs move fast enough and can take a beating and some wood to break site lines o the cichlids... I actually stole some fry from the parents the other day to raise - they usually disappear after a few days of free swimming.
 
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