need ideas for large sa cichlids

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
^ I agree. I think when you actually have the tank and visualize those fish in it you'll want to cut it down. I'd probably go something like this:

1x Silver aro
2x pbass
2x pikes
4x sevs
2x parrots
1x oscar
8x red hooks
1x SA lung
1x lima
1x fei feng

And maybe you could try the payara and 1 or 2 of the other cats. The aro, pbass, and to a certain extent the o's and pleco are just big bulky fish. I'm not saying your stocklist won't work because it could...but it would require a buttload of water changes or preferably a drip system, major filtration, and contingency plans for if/when somebody is on either end of a serious beating. Just to get an idea of what you're working with (and maybe you have already) try searching in the photo lounge for tank shots of 800+ gallon tanks and what's stocked in them, and compare it to your list.
 
I think that's better.

Something else to think about, with a stocklist like that you might not be able to (or want to) get all the fish at the same time. The juvi pbass would be lunch for the cats if you add them all together, for example. Definitely plan on a growout tank of decent size. I'm having the problem now...seeing fish from my stocklist that are too big to go in my growout but too small to go in my big tank.
 
yeah the sizes of the fish would affect it alot

ohh didn't know thats what it men't that may not work lung fish can get pretty bitey it could work but sooner or later your fish may have chunks missing out of them

I think 18 foot long fish would be more then happy in a tank 10 feet long and 4 or 5 feet wide thats alot of floor space theres people here that have like 18 foot long cichlids in 180 or 240 gallon tank
 
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