Red headed cichlid tankmates??

[anzo1993]

Hello, i have a 9 inch red headed cichlid i just recently acquired from a lfs, not sure if its male or female yet, they dorsal and anal fin are quite rounded off so i assume female, anyways i currently have the red head in a 120 gallon with an 11inch oscar(big wimp) and a 4.5 inch flowerhorn( pretty mild tempered), wondering if i could anything else to the tank?

 

[dan518]

Post a pic, at 9 inch it should be easy to sex, what sex is the flowerhorn?
I would say your tank is fully stocked,

 

[anzo1993]

im at work right now ill post a pic up later on, but you really think its stocked ? the flowerhorn is a male, i was thinking of adding a jack dempsey maybe

 

[anzo1993]

Only pic I had on my phone don't know if this is enough to tell the sex?

 

[anzo1993]

I could see abit of a Nuchal hump does that mean male?

 

[tlindsey]

Nice Synspilum like stated I would not add anything else .

 

[Zmeflyby]

im at work right now ill post a pic up later on, but you really think its stocked ? the flowerhorn is a male, i was thinking of adding a jack dempsey maybe

I think you will still be fine if you add a jack. Just make sure he is smaller than the "boss" of the tank

 

[anzo1993]

Thanks for the replies, I was thinking of getting a 6inch male Jack i saw at the store

 

[anzo1993]

Also just so everyone knows I have filtration for 200 gallons on my 120

 

[dan518]

It's not about the filtration, you have 3 fish all of which will get over 12 inch, your tank doesn't have a big enough foot print. Generally I think most people would expect a mature male flowerhorn to kill it's tank mates