Payara with jack dempseys?

[Experiment397]

ok well if i did the following with my 125:
my current stock:2 female super shy jds, 1 male bp(hes a sweet heart not an aggressive one) and my ornate pim catfish and bushnose plec
along with what i want to add:
2 firemouths
1 convict
1-3 sajicas
6-9 swordtails(feeders someday i know)
and 1 nicaraguan cichlid
could i do a payara or would he get beat up by my female jds? the blood parrot wouldnt bother him, its the jds i am worried about, and also which payara to get? thnx

 

[Experiment397]

oh yeah, all the fish i dont have yet are just ideas i prob will not get them all.

 

[JacobWhitley]

oh yeah, all the fish i dont have yet are just ideas i prob will not get them all.

its the Convict that would kill it i had to get rid of my red belly piranha because of my convict my Aunt has in now with her silver dollars

 

[Otherone]

Cichlids are far more aggressive eaters and will probably illiminate the Payaras food source

 

[Experiment397]

so they wouldnt beat him up(except for the convict, i wont be buying him now) if so then i can cope with that. my dempseys are afraid of feeders, unless they are the size of a guppy or smaller. but i will definately make sure he is a hard hitter on feeders.

 

[Experiment397]

so if i made sure he could get food, would it work? and what species of payara

 

[Experiment397]

anyone got any advice?

 

[jworth]

Im not an expert on payaras but I believe the cynodon gibbus and Raphs stay smaller than the rest.

 

[Experiment397]

ok thnx, i was looking at a raph anyway, unless i can find a tat for a good price