stocking 180 south american tank

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Jack Dempsey
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hey guys looking for input on south amercan themmed tank just got my visio 180 these are fish i am thinking of stocking with wondering if any would give others to much trouble what do you
think ? one perunno cat
2hoplarchus psittacus
2herosseverus heckel
2super redseverums
1oscar


already have the catfish is about 12inches
do you think that would be over stocked and or would i have trouble with any breeds?
 
no opinions?
 
why leave out the oscar? just dont care for them or what?
 
already bought jebo 950 will pump 850 gal per hour. also going to make a wet dry with50 gal rubbermaid .it will move 600 gal and bought 50 pounds of ceramics i hope i am not going to have to much flo ihope thats about right?
 
Just as an example my 220 has a similiar stock with big SA cichlids and I am filtering with a sump rated for a 400g tank that pumps 800gph and a XP4 rena canister and a fluval FX5 canister. I still do a 40% water change every 5-7 days to keep the nitrates below 10.
 
so you think with what i have planned i might still need more the jebo has three trays each will hold 5.8 L of media and the sump i can stack as much maybe more.
 
What you have will probably work OK. Just test your water often and you will know if you need to add more filtration. Really you cannot have to much.
 
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