Should I keep a divider just in case and I was thinking about doing this
1x gt pair
1x jd pair
1x female rtm
1x Cuban cichlid
1x shoal of silver dollars
Would this work if I have enough sight breakers
Should I change my tank
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1x gt pair
1x jd pair
1x female rtm
1x Cuban cichlid
1x shoal of silver dollars
Would this work if I have enough sight breakers
Agree, I have kept all the fish you mention, or reasonable facsimiles of each genus
and agree your best bets are maybe the GTs, and JDs together in the 180, maybe with some non-cichlid, large/fast dither species to attract attention from each other.
The motaguense with Amphilophines in a tank as small as a 180 is a disaster waiting to happen.
These species each need single species 6 ft tanks of the own
I have two 180 gal tanks, and would never dream of putting those predatory, and territorial species together in that size tank.
In one of my 180s I have successfully kept 4 Andinoacara coerleopunctatus (smaller close cousins of your GT) but started with 12, and the alfa male hunted down, and killed all other males and few non-receptive females in that size tank when maturity and territoriality.
Even in nature, JDs seldom do well with other more dominant species in the same area.
Below note how torn up the JDs in the video below, they are in an area with more dominant uropthalmus, and this is in thousands of gallons.
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But below, a larger Cenote where JDs dominate, and share the area with only live bearers, and a few catfish.
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I think the issue with keeping the midevil and rehoming the rest, would be that the midevil would still be just as territorial, or more so, to any new cichlids you drop in. I think the other fish could probably live together just fine. There is still possibility of issues but it would be less likely.
If you keep the midevil, you could maybe do some convicts with it if you give them smaller hiding spots than the midevil could fit in. Anything as large as the midevil would probably be attacked.
I think the last list you posted is too much for the tank. Maybe if you removed the GT pair and got lucky with temperament of the RTM and cuban. But it would definitely take some luck
If you keep the midevil, you could maybe do some convicts with it if you give them smaller hiding spots than the midevil could fit in. Anything as large as the midevil would probably be attacked.
I think the last list you posted is too much for the tank. Maybe if you removed the GT pair and got lucky with temperament of the RTM and cuban. But it would definitely take some luck
What if I get rid of the green terror pair and just
1x jd pair
1x rtm female
1x green terror male
1x jd pair
1x rtm female
1x green terror male
Maybe, its a better chance of working. Most people here (myself included) will give prettyconservative advice with cichlid stocking, because it's hard to say if something will work, and usually better to play it safe. Removing the RTM, you would have a pretty good chance of a JD pair and GT working out. However, having breeding pairs at all makes it alot, more difficult; the JDs could potentially claim the whole tank. 1x JD 1xGT 1x Female RTM would probably be better. Even then it's a chance. My advice is t have alot of sight breaks, keep divider on hand, and give it a shot.
None of the fish you mention are ever found together in nature, and beyond just geography, there are a number of reasons why, one reason being they would try to kill each other over territory when mature.
So the idea that you can expect them to coexist within the space the size of 180 gals (the size of a culvert) is just not reasonable, because they would cot coexist peaceably in a space with millions of gallons the size of river.
There are a number of cichlids that are somewhat communal, but none of the cichlids you mention are in that category.
For each of those 3 or 4, or more species you mention, each species needs its own 6 ft tank.,
So the idea that you can expect them to coexist within the space the size of 180 gals (the size of a culvert) is just not reasonable, because they would cot coexist peaceably in a space with millions of gallons the size of river.
There are a number of cichlids that are somewhat communal, but none of the cichlids you mention are in that category.
For each of those 3 or 4, or more species you mention, each species needs its own 6 ft tank.,
Although I hardly ever combine cichlid species when mature (probably why I always kept about 20 tanks, I have stumbled on a few strategies that work (at least temporarily.
One is never to combine predatory species together, or even those with similar jaws, or body types.
Combining these 3 below would be a mistake.
Those that I have found that work in the same tank, have very different jaw and body types, below are a few that have worked.
One is never to combine predatory species together, or even those with similar jaws, or body types.
Combining these 3 below would be a mistake.
Those that I have found that work in the same tank, have very different jaw and body types, below are a few that have worked.
