My new 90 gallon

[CMP23]

I am starting a 90 gallon tank was thinking of stocking it with the following:
1 Oscar
1 JD
1 Severum
1 Salvini
1 Bichir
Is this a possible stock list if so what and when shoould i add first to the tank and what and when should i wait to add, if its not possible any alternative suggestions would be appreciated, thanks

 

[FreshyFresh]

I wouldn't do more than an oscar and a severum or an oscar and 3-4 silver dollars just because of the 48" x 18" footprint.

I keep an oscar and a sev in a 75g. Even this is a pair that may or may not work. I feed quality pellet and dry goods no more than 5x/week, do one weekly fin-level water change and keep the water temp around 78F to keep nitrates so they don't exceed 20ppm.

 

[robham777]

Greedy cichlids and bichir are a tough mix. It is very hard to ensure the bichir gets food. As a long term plan, I agree with FreshyFresh even if the fish cohab fine(doubtful) the bioload is going to be very high and difficult to manage.

 

[CMP23]

What if i took out the oscar would that work ?

 

[Fishguy679]

Salvinis are pretty aggressive and it would be hard to do a salvinis with those fish in a 90 gallon, you could take the Oscar out and do more medium smaller cichlids that aren't too aggressive like a Severum, and acara, a firemouth ECT, maybe even a jack Dempsey(they can be aggressive but nothing too bad). Or you could replace the Oscar with something a little smaller and less aggressive like a chocolate cichlid(not much smaller than an oscar but a bit less of a strain on the bio load)

 

[duanes]

I believe taking out the oscar would be a good move, a 90 is too small a tank for an adult oscar, the other cichlids are better choices for that size tank.
A 9" cichlid would be my max size limit in a 90 gallon tank.
To me any cichlid over 10 needs at least a 100 gal+ 6ft tank to be humane.

 

[CMP23]

Ok what about
1 sevurum
1 blue acara
1 bichir
1 firemouth
1 bristlenose pleco

 

[Fishguy679]

That will probably work just make sure the birchirs gets enouf food, also plecos sometimes like to suck the slime coat off birchirs so keep an eye on your pleco.

 

[CMP23]

Ok thanks so much maybe i could feed the bichir individually somehow

 

[Stanzzzz7]

Ok what about
1 sevurum
1 blue acara
1 bichir
1 firemouth
1 bristlenose pleco

You have a much better chance of this list working especially if you go for a rotkiel Severum.