Need help choosing fish to keep

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Monsta B

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So at the end of this month I am moving home to my parents and can only take my 100g, 55g, and MAYBE 29g. More than likely just the 2 though. I need some help deciding what fish to bring along. The rest of my tanks are going into storage until I move back out again.
The fish I have are as follows:
10" Tiger Oscar
4.5" Jack Dempsey
4.5" Paratilapia Bleekeri
3.5" Silver Dollars x 3
3.5 Firemouths x 2
3" Green Terror
2" Convict
6.5" Red Devil
4" Blood Parrot
3" Pleco x 2 (unidentified, were sold to me as bristlenose but do not appear to be, have had for 10 months and have not grown much at all)

So with those fish what would you keep and in what tank?
Thanks for your help I am having a very hard time deciding which fish to keep as I love them all but unfortunately have to make this decision.
 
With the 100 and 55 .... i would say you can take all your fishes with you. i think there would be enough room for awhile.
 
Well this move may be for the next 2 years, with no option of upgrading/adding tanks. If I could still keep all these fish how would you stock the tanks? Right now the Red Devil is with the Blood Parrot in the 55 and I couldn't see adding any other fish to that tank.
 
Monsta B;3110485; said:
So at the end of this month I am moving home to my parents and can only take my 100g, 55g, and MAYBE 29g. More than likely just the 2 though. I need some help deciding what fish to bring along. The rest of my tanks are going into storage until I move back out again.
The fish I have are as follows:
10" Tiger Oscar
4.5" Jack Dempsey
4.5" Paratilapia Bleekeri
3.5" Silver Dollars x 3
3.5 Firemouths x 2
3" Green Terror
2" Convict
6.5" Red Devil
4" Blood Parrot
3" Pleco x 2 (unidentified, were sold to me as bristlenose but do not appear
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Would you rather keep a few large fish or many smaller ones? If you want the larger fish you could probably try the RD and oscar in the 100g, perhaps even with the silver dollars and put the Paratilapia in the 55g. If you stocked the 100g with the smaller cichlids you could probably get away with keeping the convict, a firemouth, JD and bloodparrot together and give the 55g to the RD. You could also try keeping the smaller cichlids in the 55.g. BP, convict, firemouth and perhaps the pleco and give the 100g to the RD, JD and GT. It really dempends on how much your fish get along with eachother.
 
That's the question I am asking myself too. I don't know what I want to do. I am attached to the Red Devil more than the others but when I try to pick and choose I have a hard time because I like them all. All my fish are currently in the 100g except for the RD ad BP which are in the 55 as I started tearing down some of my tanks. They seem to be fine and i think I have enough filtration on the 100 with a Rena xp4, AC 110 and AC 70.

I just don't want to be overstocked and cause problems in the future.

The biggest problem I am having right now is feeding. The Oscar is always gobbling up the food before any other fish gets a chance and some fish don't even seem interested to come for food.
 
Just an update on the situation.
In the 100 I have the Red Devil, Blood Parrot, Green Terror, and 3 Silver Dollars.
The 55 has my new 2" Flowerhorn
The 29 has a pair of Firemouths.
Thanks for the replies
 
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