My CA cichlid setup

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Fastbackb16

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I'm new to this forum I have a 72 gallon bow front with Central American cichlids. I'm a big fan of the larger more aggressive cichlids.

I have 2 oscars
electric blue Jack Dempsey
Red tiger Motaguense
Blood parrot
Jack Dempsey
Dovii
Green Texas
Salvini
Red Devil
Rainbow cichlid
Flowerhorn
Green Terror
Red Terror
Umbee

I know I have a lot of fish but there all small. I'm moving to a new house in about 2 months and I'm getting a larger tank.
I'm going to give some of these fish away.

If I get a 300 gallon tank what fish from this list can I keep together?
Pics below a lot of them are hiding in there caves. Fish don't fight none are really aggressive. The largest Oscar is the king of the tank so far. Also have 2 Plecos and an electric blue lobster to clean bottom of tank.
Suggestions and advice are welcome.

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I feel like you'll be looking at a blood bath soon. A lot of what I'm going to recommend is from research and not from personal experience so take it as you will. Dovii and umbee are both probably too big to keep with the others once full grown. Heard salvini are nuts some times and can kill larger fish. RTM, RD, FH and festea might be a little too mean for the rest of the fish but in a 300 gallon could work together. Others on the list not yet mentioned could also work out together ok but the oscars are going to take up a lot of space.
 
Oh and welcome to the forums!
 
Hey, welcome to the forums. I agree with the above you are going to have a very messy blood bath once the fish begin to mature. To keep all of your fish you are looking at probably a 800g++++ tank I'm not sure how long you have been in the hobby but there's a website called aqadvisor. It's not always accurate and shouldn't be considered 'the law' when stocking tanks but it's a good rough estimate here is what happens when we put your stock in a 300g tank. (Without the Umbee and the red tiger motague because they were not listed on the website).

  • Note: Oscar may jump - lids are recommended.
  • Warning: Rainbow Cichlid may become food for Oscar.
  • Warning: Wolf Cichlid is not recommended for your tank - it may eventually outgrow your tank space, potentially reaching up to 24 inches.
  • Warning: Salvini Cichlid may become food for Wolf Cichlid.
  • Warning: Rainbow Cichlid may become food for Wolf Cichlid.
  • Note: Rainbow Cichlid should have a good source of green algae in their diet and do best in planted tanks with soft substrate
  • Warning: At least 8 x Rainbow Cichlid are recommended in a group.
  • Warning: When Oscar starts to breed, they may become too aggressive to co-exist with Rainbow Cichlid.
  • Warning: Red Devil Cichlid is too aggressive to co-exist withRainbow Cichlid.
  • Warning: Red Terror is too aggressive to co-exist with Rainbow Cichlid.
  • Warning: Rainbow Cichlid may become food for Red Terror.
  • Warning: Your selected species may eventually require 324% of your aquarium space. You may need to deal with territorial aggressions later on. Try removing some of (Astronotus ocellatus, Rocio octofasciatum, Blood Parrot, Parachromis dovii, Herichthys cyanoguttatus, Cichlasoma Salvini, Amphilophus labiatus, Archocentrus multispinosus, Flowerhorn, Andinoacara rivulatus, Cichlasoma festae) or get a larger tank.


Warning: Water temperature requirements are not fully compatible between all selected species.
=> 22 - 27C: Oscar
=> 22 - 30C: Electric Blue Jack Dempsey
=> 22 - 30C: Jack Dempsey
=> 21 - 28C: Blood Parrot
=> 24 - 28C: Wolf Cichlid
=> 22 - 30C: Texas Cichlid
=> 22 - 27C: Salvini Cichlid
=> 23 - 33C: Red Devil Cichlid
=> 22 - 28C: Rainbow Cichlid
=> 27 - 32C: Flowerhorn
=> 20 - 24C: Green Terror
=> 25 - 28C: Red Terror

Warning: Your selected species may eventually require 324% of your aquarium space. You may need to deal with territorial aggressions later on. Try removing some of (Astronotus ocellatus, Rocio octofasciatum, Blood Parrot, Parachromis dovii, Herichthys cyanoguttatus, Cichlasoma Salvini, Amphilophus labiatus, Archocentrus multispinosus, Flowerhorn, Andinoacara rivulatus, Cichlasoma festae) or get a larger tank.

You have several glass bangers that are known to be ferocious, the Umbee, Salvini, Jack Dempsey, Green Terror, and Flowerhorn stand out but the others are equally aggressive other than the oscars(sometimes). With 324% overstocked without two large fish..that means you're gonna need at least a 800g tank and since these are very messy fish you're going to have to have a very good filtration setup.

I have a green terror, she grew up with a severum, firemouth and Oscar. she tolerates the first two but killed the oscar which was 2 inches larger than her. I cannot add anything new to her tank. She vehemently attacks any fish I add and does not let up until I manage to get the fish away from her and into a new tank.

I would recommend keeping the oscars and returning everything else. If you're serious about the 300g you're probably going to have to rehome 3/4 of your current stock. Aggressive fish are beautiful but they are a handful and should not be taken lightly.
 
Umbee or dovii solo in a 300g.
With enough sight breaks you could maybe swing the terrors with the red devil and green Texas if their temperament works out . It's a nice stock list but really a tough group to keep together, gonna really boil down to a complete crap shoot. And honestly any one of these fish would flourish solo or as a mated pair. Solo means no fighting or any physical damage.
 
Also, that ebjd is gonna get eaten in short order. They're slow growers and you've got some savages in there. My 3"ish jag murdered 4 Congo tetras (all a full inch larger than him) over the course of 3 nights.
 
Well today I donated the EBJD blood parrot and rainbow to my local fish store. I'm think of maybe having a tank just for dovii and another just for umbee then the rest in a larger community tank.
 
Just a fair warning your Red Terror and Flowerhorn may not tolerate tank mates of any kind. Flowerhorns in particular are usually kept as a solo show fish.
 
You pretty much three 300 gallon tanks.
One for the dovii, one for the Umbee, and one for the rest.
The blue lobster probably won't live long either.
 
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