New 240 gallon stocking (peacock bass question)

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Im about to set up a new 240 gallon tank (8-2-2 ft) . The fish that will for sure be going in there is one oscar 9-10in, one pacu 12in, one jag 4in, and one peacock bass. The peacock bass is really small right now so it wont be going in soon.

My question is, if so, how many more peacock bass(occelaris) would i be able to put in with them? I also wanted to put a silver arowana in to.
 
well jags are really aggressive but u have a large tank so it will be fine just watch out for the oscar or pacu eating the jag..... pacus get huge like 3 feet long and i dont think they can bend very well.....if i where u id get the jag, the oscar, like 3 p bass and a arowana. the arowana will need a larger tank in a year or 2.
 
with the pacu you're pretty much done as it is and might even need a bigger tank down the road. i'd ditch the pacu and get another pbass
 
I'd get at least 3 bass. The pacu and silver will eventually outgrow the tank. tankmates should be fine, but as always w/ cichlids, you have to watch out.
 
Yeah those damn Pacu's can get the size of a trash can lid. They take up a ton of space. The biggest thing you want to consider in my opinion is your bio filtration. The more fish, or the bigger the fish, the more bio you need. In your case you plan to not only have big fish, but alot of them. If you intend to keep with your current fish, you will probably want to run a wet / dry or sump type of filter. That is probably the only type of filtration that is reasonable in price that could handle that much bio load. The problem is the ammonia. I dont know what all you know about filtration so I may be telling you the obvious, but you need alot of bio surface area so that there is ALOT of bacteria. Enough to consume 100% of the ammonia your fish can create. Even the allmighty FX5 cant handle a bio load the size you will eventually have. It just doesnt provide enough bio surface area to handle the job. Another advantage to using a sump is that the trickle affect through your bio media does a really good job of out gasing the carbon dioxide and other toxic gases and replaces it with oxygen. If you are able to use this type of filter you shouldnt have too much problem with that many fish, untill they start to outgrow that tank, which they will.
 
:iagree: with everyone above, considering your current plan of stock I'd get 3 cichla and make sure I have a kick ass sump filtration!
 
What's up HaYN ditch the pacu and get 4 ocell and a silver!! Shoots! Still raining in hawaii?
 
inyoface2w1;2654585; said:
What's up HaYN ditch the pacu and get 4 ocell and a silver!! Shoots! Still raining in hawaii?
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Agreed Hawaiian, pau hana the pacu and scoop up more pbass from lake wilson. \m/
 
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