New 300g stocking help

[Fishtank6575]

Tank looks beautiful, I wish I could get ken that big.
I’m sure as the Freddy grows even more everyone else will be in the corners.

I dont know, I think Freddy may be special or handicapped. He just seems a little off.
The fastest growing and most boisterous fish is the carpintis.

 

[Deadeye]

Could be for the best... he may kill the tankmates if he was a bad one.
I remember my Texas. I really liked that fish, but I was stupid and put it with a piranha. Lasted longer than you would expect though.

 

[Fishtank6575]

The carpintis paired with the salvini. He then attacked the ebjd and was going to kill him. So I gave the ebjd away. A week or so later he attacked the severum. So I put the severum into my daughters 75.

Cichlids in the tank now are a carpintis, salvini, argentea and freddy. The argentea is the new tank boss. The carpintis is scared of him and Im not sure he would be able to dominate him if he tried. Im going to wait and see how this group plays out and if there is not perfect peace I will add a trimac and blackbelt.

 

[The Masked Shadow]

Thats complicated . I would've suggested a giant pea puffer tank

 

[dr exum]

Nice looking crew there!

 

[Fishtank6575]

Thats complicated . I would've suggested a giant pea puffer tank

I might check out a giant pea puffer one day. Right now Im going to run through cichlid community attempts until I get tired of that.

Expected the ebjd and severum would have to be removed at some point. Just didnt think it would have to happen so soon giving the size advantage they had.

I like buying new fish so this is enjoyable for me at this time and Im keeping a close eye and have the means to move fish before any harm is done.

 

[Fishtank6575]

Only my Freddy would swim up the water change tube! Almost sucked his lips off!

 

[Fishtank6575]

Okay so after Freddy's suicide attempt last night I'm rethinking this tank. I'm thinking of two different paths that I could go and I'm looking for opinions/help.

Cichlids right now are:

1- male argentea
1- male carpintis
1- male friedrichsthalii
1- female salvini

First option is to continue CA community attempts. If I go this way I will be replacing Freddy with another parachromis. I would also like to add 1 or 2 more cichlids. Maybe a amphilophus and something else.

Second option would be to give the tank to the carpintis and find him a female.

Other stock in the tank:

1- delhezi bichir
1- palmas bichir
1- senegal bichir
1- l091 pleco
1- bushy nose pleco
1- striped raphael
2- blochii
1- synodontis

What should I do?

 

[Deadeye]

I like the idea of continuing the community attempt. Midevil or Trimac would be the best bet, it looks different enough from the rest to not go too crazy, and can hold its own if in a fight.

 

[Rocksor]

Remove the female salvini. Your troubles and fish swapping won't end with that tank. Any new male central may decide to shack up with the female. It doesn't matter who she currently likes right now.