Looking for stocking ideas 125g

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I have a 125 gallon I use for one Shubunkin, a lionfish and a Ranchu goldfish that I decided to put in a pond so I can stock it with some south American and central American Cichlids. The current filtration is two fluval fx6 and and a cascade cannister filter for purpose of chemical filtration and using an inline uv sterilizer.

Stocking ideas
-Green Terror
-Oscar
-Geophagus Balzanii
-Electric Blue Jack Dempsey or Electric Acara
-Red Spotted Severum or Green Severum or both
-Birchir
-4 Silver dollars.

Do you guess think this could work or i'm better off sticking with my fancy goldfish? I would be growing them together.
 
Balzanii need temps in the low 60s/high 50s, which won’t work for the other fish. Silver dollars do best in 8+ groups. EbJD are slow growers and half end up deformed.
 
Balzanii need temps in the low 60s/high 50s, which won’t work for the other fish. Silver dollars do best in 8+ groups. EbJD are slow growers and half end up deformed.

Thank you for your input, do you recommend another earth eater? I guess i'll go for the electric blue acara instead of the EBJD and no silver dollars as I don't want an overcrowded tank.
 
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I don't recommend EBJDs because they are very sensitive and weak (an analogy is Petco German Blue Rams vs. Bolivian Rams in terms of hardiness). I would recommend a normal Jack Dempsey. For this tank I would definitely recommend using dark substrate and background because that gives Green terrors and Jack Dempseys (the normal ones) a color boost.
 
I love how geophagus altifrons look. Big fan of red spotted sevrum and yellowish sevrums lookwise as well. Green terror might be little on aggressive side
 
I love how geophagus altifrons look. Big fan of red spotted sevrum and yellowish sevrums lookwise as well. Green terror might be little on aggressive side
I agree your tank is SA cichlids which is the least aggressive of the different cichlid continents. However Green Terrors are the one exception as they are highly aggressive. I would recommend not adding the green terror and replacing it with a less aggressive species such as a chocolate cichlid.
 
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