Siamese Algae Eater compatibility

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Jack Dempsey
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Hi everyone,
I am thinking of moving my 3 Siamese algae eaters in my 210 gallon aquarium but I don’t know if they would work well with my current stock.

2 Green Severums
20 green severum fry about 1.5” soon to be 10
4 hoplo catfish
1 spiny eel
1 juvenile female green terror
3 blood parrot cichlids

The only reason I am considering this is because no one is bothering the severum fry, so I figured if they aren’t getting eaten than my 5” SAE should be ok...... I just think the SAE would be happier in a larger tank.

I did put these same SAE in the large tank when they were smaller and my male green terror tried to eat them, I have since rehomed him because he was eating my severum fry. All the fish are pretty peaseful except when the grown Severums have wrigglers which will not happen again because it disrupted the whole tank. I will disrupt them and where they start cleaning.

So what do you guys think, do I take the chance?
Thank you in advance for all the help:)
 
Hi everyone,
I am thinking of moving my 3 Siamese algae eaters in my 210 gallon aquarium but I don’t know if they would work well with my current stock.

2 Green Severums
20 green severum fry about 1.5” soon to be 10
4 hoplo catfish
1 spiny eel
1 juvenile female green terror
3 blood parrot cichlids

The only reason I am considering this is because no one is bothering the severum fry, so I figured if they aren’t getting eaten than my 5” SAE should be ok...... I just think the SAE would be happier in a larger tank.

I did put these same SAE in the large tank when they were smaller and my male green terror tried to eat them, I have since rehomed him because he was eating my severum fry. All the fish are pretty peaseful except when the grown Severums have wrigglers which will not happen again because it disrupted the whole tank. I will disrupt them and where they start cleaning.

So what do you guys think, do I take the chance?
Thank you in advance for all the help:)

They are active during the night so I personally wouldn't add them.
 
Ok thank you so much:) Its always hard for me to decide what’s best for my fish and what they would make them happy.
 
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