over stocking tanks can work long time but it needs a lot of carefull planning and tweaking. Normally the best way is to have same sex tanks, all male/ female or very large tanks, just dropping some unsexed fish into a 180 gal probably isn't going to work long term.
New 180 gallon stocking
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Yeh I completely understand and was hoping really for all males really. Jag and Festae are a bit too small still to sex but could move them on if they turn out to be females. The carpintis is male though which is a start.
Tinfoils and bala sharks are good dithers for big cichlids, too, but tinfoils might be too big for a 240.
I have seen people on other threads say mbuna are bettter for this purpose than convicts because the convicts will chew your monsters' fins. There was a warning about diet compatability and the fact that a mbuna against anything remotely near its own size is an unstoppable for destruction, even against badass CAs.
Here's the thread about it: https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...re-the-best-dithers-for-monster-tanks.686841/
I have seen people on other threads say mbuna are bettter for this purpose than convicts because the convicts will chew your monsters' fins. There was a warning about diet compatability and the fact that a mbuna against anything remotely near its own size is an unstoppable for destruction, even against badass CAs.
Here's the thread about it: https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...re-the-best-dithers-for-monster-tanks.686841/
After having a bit of a think about it I have decided to play it safe and sold the Jag. Do you think it is possible at all to keep a Male or Female Festae with a male Carpintis? Or is the carpintis going to be dead eventually too?
I'd say it is possible but I would add some other cichlids now while they are small, if it's just the festae and carpintis there will be nothing to distract the festae from tormenting the texas (or the other way around depending on size of the fish)
