Planned stocking for a 240 gallon aquarium

[trashcan]

Hello,

I'm currently planning my next aquarium which will be a 240 long from glasscages (96 x 24 x 25). Here are some of the fish I'm considering:

6 electric blue jack dempsies (when they are 3")
1 pair of regular jack dempsies
1 or 2 jaguar cichlids
1 or 2 black ghost knives
1 red tiger Oscar
3-4 Convict Cichlids (hopefully all the same gender)

Assorted fancy plecos: Gold nugget, King Tiger, Sultan, Leopard Frog, etc. Probably around 10. I believe these are all plecos that stay under 6".

I also have some other fish that I have decided probably will not go in for compatibility reasons unless I hear otherwise:

Clown Knifefish
Green Terror

Any feedback would be appreciated. Overstocked, understocked, chaos will erupt, the fish will jump out of the aquarium at night and kill me, etc. Thanks.

 

[snyder810]

leave out the black ghost knives, they'd likely get abused by those cichlids. and jags get pretty nasty, so your chaos will erupt may be right

 

[BigDaddyMagnum]

awsome list, i would double up on the oscars, i mean oscars do fine alone but they seem to me like they like having a pair..... and that ghost knife is iffy, alot of cichlids love to beat up on them

 

[big_tank_boy]

like every one else said dont do the knifes get some cool bichirs or catfish. they will do much better than the knife.

 

[Bud_Man_Jr]

Birchir carpet =p. Leave out the bgk, they are weak for their size when with aggressive fish like jags ext.

 

[FSM]

6 electric blue jack dempsies (when they are 3")
1 pair of regular jack dempsies
1 or 2 jaguar cichlids
1 or 2 black ghost knives
1 red tiger Oscar
3-4 Convict Cichlids (hopefully all the same gender)

kind of an odd mix...jags are really aggressive, but the rest aren't really that crazy.


I think GTs are generally supposed to be fairly aggressive, so I don't understand your reasoning

Bichirs are really cool, and in a tank that size you could have any species you wanted.

 

[Cichlaholics Anonymous]

Definitely stay away from 2 jags if you want peace in the tank.

 

[trashcan]

If I leave out the jags, can the BGK stay? What about the green terror/gold saums? I've found that they fight with each other and my JDs in my 55, but maybe the aquarium is too small.

 

[BigDaddyMagnum]

um well the green terrors arent half as bad as jaguars lol, just w.e you decide to do always introduce the fish to the tank depending on temperment, from semi agressive to aggresive to give the fish time to pic a territory and get accustom tothere new surrounding

 

[trashcan]

My GTs pick on my Jags in the current community tank, but the Jags are pretty small.