My 2 Cichlid communitys, will this work?

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Hi i am currently growing out about 20+ differnt Cichlids, i have been impulse buying a bit to much, but havn't bought anything for months now as it was gettign to much.

this is what i plan to have

6ftx2ftx2ft 588litre
2 x fx-5 filter

3 x Severum (1 x Rotkeil, Gold, Red Spotted) (all male)
2 x Green Terror (both male)
1 x Jaguar (female)
1 x Red Devil x Flowerhorn (most placid fish in the tank, also one of the biggest) (male)
2 x Jack Dempsey (both female)
3 x pink convict (2 x male and female)
1 x Texas (female around 6.5" placid)
2 X blood parrot (male and female)

4ftx2ftx18" (living room show tank) 280 litre
FX5 filter

2 x Rotkeil Severum (male and female)
1 x Electric Blue Jack Dempsey (male)
1 x Salvini (female)
1 x Firemouth (female)
4 x Yellow Lab (3 female, 1 male)
2 x Dragon Blood Peacock (male and female)
1 x Livingstonii (female)
2 x Electric Blue Hap (male and female)
1 x Blood Parrot (6" boisterous male)

All fish are currently growing out in a 100g along with 2 large flowerhorns, no casualtys over the last year except for yellow lab fry, Flowerhorn and convict fry being eaten when breeding.

Most fish are around 4", the flowerhorns are around 6.5" (needless to say its pretty packed and needs to be seperated asap)
 
You already have all thoes fish in one tank?

Your mix is far from perfect..
 
In the 280(75gal)
1 Rotkeil pair
1 EBJD

In the 588(150gal)
2 parrots
2 sevs
1 GT
2 Cons
1 salvini
1 Firemouth
1 JD
And thats being generous. That kind of mix wont last for long. Most of those fish you have arent designed to be community fish and cant cohabit the same area or there will be chaos as they mature.
 
I'm trying to crowd them so they dither themselves, most have been in there for 18 months, it really works there is no agression ever unless breeding.

The tank is full up with ocean rock so loads of hiding places.

The big tank is is a 180g (got it wrong)

still cycling at the moment.
 
As long as you keep the full and watch them carefully and rearrange your tank alot thats really all I would do with that mix
 
yeeaaaahhhhhh, im thinking your going to have major die offs when you move them, they may work right now being as overcrowded as they are but your peace is a very fragile balance that you have right now, with any cichlid tank things can go horribly wrong when you have a balanced tank and then move things around and in a tank with such a mix of very aggressive and non-aggressive fish you will have problems when you mess with it, i would put the two male cons in one tank and the female in another so at the very least you wont have them breeding, overall i agree with fishingout's suggested stocklist, that has the best chances of working, are you getting rid of your 100g? if your keeping it i would keep the flowerhorns, salvini and africans in there and then push everything else into the other tanks you definitely dont want the salvini with the ebjd or you will have a dead JD and that would be a shame after you have had it for so long GOOD LUCK but i definitely think that you will need to rehome some of your stock, you got lucky so far but that luck may not carry into the new tanks
 
Thanks

how about this

6ftx2ftx2ft 180g

1 x Flowerhorn in seperator (currently have 2 males that get on fine and are quite large,will pick between them)
3 x Severum (1 x Rotkeil, 1 x Gold, 1 x Red)
1 x Green Terror
1 x Jaguar (still a baby, only seems interested in what i feed it, not tank mates)
1 x Salvini
1 x Jack Dempsey
1 x Texas
1 x Sailfin Pleco

4ftx2ftx18" CA/African mix 90g? (what i claimed as my 100g)

1 x Electric Blue Jack Dempsey
3 x Blood Parrot
2 x Male pink Convicts
4 x Yellow Lab
2 x Dragon Blood Peacock
1 x Livingstonii
2 x Electric Blue Hap
1 x Gold bristlenose pleco

I offloaded some fish earlier this week but cant bare to part with anything i have left
 
thats really tight but i guess if you make sure to keep up on lots of water changes it MIGHT work (though i think its still way overstocked but some people make overstocked tanks work), that jag may ignore tankmates right now but most of their aggression stems from their territoriality and once it gets large enough it may decide that is doesnt have enough space and MAKE more space (same with the flowerhorn)

i would keep a really close eye out on those severums as well and make sure they aren't getting beat up because their aggression level is way below that of your other fish
 
EBJD with africans... Flowerhorns with salvini's and severums.... :screwy:
Make sure to scoop the dead carcasses out quick so they dont foul up the water.
 
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