Stocking advice please.

[Alex09gp]

Hi, I've recently set up my 60 gallon aquarium that I plan on keeping american cichlids in. I'm looking for some advice on stocking. The fish that I'd like to get are.

1 x Rotkeil severum (understand these are slightly smaller than normal severums).
1 x Electric blue acara.
1 x T bar cichlid
1 x firemouth.

Maybe 5 dither fish and a few Venezuelan Cory's.

 

[Rocksor]

Do you have hard water or soft water? It should be in your water report, and PH does not indicate this. Severums do get pretty large, and your 60g is limiting so I would not consider them with other cichlids.

If you have hard water, I would stick to a 1 male 3 female group of firemouths with swordtails/mollies/guppies ( pick one and have around 10) as dithers.