Suggestions / Opinions on Additional Stock

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orkimedes

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I have a 155 gal bow.
Current stock includes:

1 - Severum
1 - Black Ghost knife
1 - Blue Acara
1 - EBDJ

Dithers - 3 boesman rainbows, 3 gourami's, 3 giant danio's

I would like to add 1 additional large fish who's natural instinct isn't to hide.
The Severum is out and about 24/7 and is now my favorite fish.
The EBDJ/ACARA spend alot of their time in cover, but do come out at night prior to feeding time, so I do get to enjoy them.
The BGK as expected never comes out.
I have no aggression issues in the tank.

Bio load is manageable, I am very regimented about water changes.

I would be open to getting another Severum, but am leery of dominance/spawning issues causing problems.

Any suggestions on a fish that could be added to this mix with a better than average chance of success would be appreciated.
Again, visibility is what I am looking for. I would love to have another fish cruising around, more often.
(I do like oscars and GT's but I will not risk their jeckyl/hide personalities)

Pic of tank included for reference.

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Chocolate, female convict, female firemouth, keyhole, and I could go on lol

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My guess is that adding a second severum may cause issues with the one who's already established in the tank. This isn't always the case, but it may be better to be safe than sorry. I would probably try a chocolate cichlid. Mine was a bit shy but other people have had sociable ones, so it's probably just dependent on their individual personality. Mine got along great with severums but I had to rehome her due to my psittacus wanting to kill her.

You could also consider a Saxatilis-type pike. Mine is about 7 - 8" and is pretty feisty, but I've never seen him actually hurt or attack my severums or Geos. He mostly just flares and threatens to let them know who's boss. They do well as single fish, unlike other species who prefer groups (geos, festivums, etc.). Here's mine flaring at the glass:

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Once they get to know you and associate you with food, they tend to be out and about most of the time.
 
Thanks for replies.
Beautiful GEo's by the way.

I was looking at a 4 inch pike today (not sure what kind, was labeled as generic "red pike") and for about 10 seconds was says "wow that would look great in my tank" and then it proceeded to chomp into about 6 other fish in the display in about 20 seconds :)

I will research all suggestions, thanks.
Further recommendations are appreciated.
 
orkimedes said:
Thanks for replies.
Beautiful GEo's by the way.

I was looking at a 4 inch pike today (not sure what kind, was labeled as generic "red pike") and for about 10 seconds was says "wow that would look great in my tank" and then it proceeded to chomp into about 6 other fish in the display in about 20 seconds :)

I will research all suggestions, thanks.
Further recommendations are appreciated.
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LOL. Yes, some pikes can be that way. The lugubris types are larger growing and tend to be a bit more pushy. They also will go after smaller fish. I added my sax pike to this community when he was about 5" and all the other fish were 7"+, so for a while he was the smallest guy. I think that kind of "put him in his place," so to speak. Then again, cichlids in general usually do best when you introduce them as smaller fish and let them grow up in a community.
 
-Uaru
-Vieja Synispilum
-Oscar
lots of other options, just can't think of them right now.
 
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