Restocking my 125 gallon

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pokkerfeen

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Hello,

Recently I was in the moving process and took down my 125 about a year ago. I have been housing my jaguar and a pleco in a 40 gallon during the process, although the jag is about 9 inches now.... grew much faster than expected - clearly needs to get out of the 40.

Well I finally was able to set up my 125 again tonight, so it is currently cycling and what not. Just curious what else I could add to the tank... The jaguar is male, and while it is aggressive it isn't hyper-aggro or anything, it got along with others in the 125 when it was previously running, though he was smaller. I will certainly add the new tankmates first so he doesn't establish territory instantly.

The lfs had a full grown, ~10 inch JD that looked to be in good shape, so I was considering that. It was quite a bit thicker than my jag currently is.

They also have small, ~2 inch flowerhorns. While I've never been a huge fan, they look quite amazing for being so young. Would this combo of 3 work in the long run?

Open to all suggestions,

Thanks!
 
Tried to take a picture of the Jag... have to sneak up on him, absolutely hates the camera. Can't clean that off the glass for the life of me...

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The Flowerhorn at the lfs,

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And the piece of driftwood that will go in the tank, somehow.

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That's one awesome piece of driftwood you got there! Hopefully you don't have to cut it too much to make it fit.

I have no idea if this combo will work in the long run? Never kept a flowerhorn but most of the time I've seen them kept solo as a wet pet. Hope they will work out for you.
 
Can't help you with what to stock but I can recommend checking out the classifieds at gcca.net. You'll find a better selection than a lfs, better prices and post a wtb ad for free if what you're looking for isn't available.
 
or a razor should help the stain.i would re-think the flowerhorn and JD.if your jag is the main fish,then go with some smaller growing,faster cichlids.one tough fish i would try is the salvini,then maybe a vieja type? and 3 big SD's.i would try to get all the other fish in the 125 soon as your cycle is done.give them a few weeks,or longer head-start time.then big water change,lights out,add the jag
 
I think I have ruled out the JD and might just either return the FH or put it in a separate tank. What about a salvini pair? I would love to get a Sajica pair but they seem near impossible to find, at least locally.

And don't all vieja species grow very large??? As for the SD's, I used to have a group of 6 and they just seemed pretty boring. Are there any other options for dithers? Do rainbows stay too small?
 
Jags hate anything period. Don't get anything small unless a wolf cichlid. That is about the only thing can hold its own at 1/2 the size of the Jag. Flowerhorn is good as dead.

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I have seen some jags on MFK that seem to accept tankmates.some large fish don't bother smaller fish,maybe don't feel threatened.my 11 inch hybrid jagXtexas has accepted a small female salvini in his 75,its been 5 months now.some rainbows get bigger they could work.filament barbs,lemon barb,T-barbs,tinfoils but they really get too big.

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