stocking a 477 gallon cichlid tank

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Aphilophus

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ok i was originaly gona do this for natives but icant let go of my cichlids so the bass is back in the pond where he belongs, alright my stocking plans are `1 pair of trimacs ,1 pair of jd , 1 pair salvinis,6 reddevils/midas cichlids,1 pair of jags these fish i currently have, I also want to add 1pair of wolf cichlids and a pair of redtigers or freddies. would this level of stock be ok and could i add any more? maybe,redterrors. the tank is Going to be 8x4x2.
 
the only thing i would worry about is that salvinis are kinda little and wolf cichlids are out of the question, as a pair they will be very psychotic
 
Based on what I've read, putting numerous pairs of large, extremely aggressive breeding cichlids in the same tank is a bad idea. Especially Dovii.
 
i would just do singles of alot of things you could do like 15-20 single large cichlids in there
like
1 cuban
1 midas
1 barred midas
1 vieja macuilada
1 vieja argentea
1 jag
1 rtm
1texas
1 female festae
1 black nasty
1 trimac
1 grammodes
1 vieja synspilum
1 red devil
 
Amphilophus Lyonsi :D
 
how much dos shiping cost to mn, also how big and are thay male and female? would be cool as I cant get a lfs to order any thing in any more they say they will look. nothing comes of it, i got one small shop 45 mins away that will get what ever i want but the drive sucks.
 
There is a video on youtube of a guy with a pair of Dovii in a 600 gallon, they spawned and killed off a few of the other fish in the tank, he had to remove all of the other fish. Not a good idea.
 
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