I know this is a bit of a long shot but has anyone done a texas cichlid community tank like six of them and did it work out, I wanted to recreate something like that in my 125 with maybe 3 of them and another large cichlid, I thought about a parachromis loisellei. I once saw a tank like this and wanted to recreate it, it looked stunning and my thought is that since both species of fish are so aggressive would it work or have a chance of working. I've never kept aggressive fish like these so it would be my first time but any thoughts on the tank and is there a chance it could work, I'll link the video that had a tank like the one I want.
Texas Cichlid tank
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The tank in that video was a 6x2x2 so I’m not that much smaller but I did think that it would make a difference
I picked up half dozen 1" carpintus at an auction, and put them in a 6ft tank to grow up together.
It was all copasetic until the largest male(@4"), and a slightly smaller female paired up, within a few days all others were either dead, or moved.
From then on, the pair would not allow any other fish in the tank, spawning or not.
That’s interesting, were you planning to keep all six or did you want them to pair up
I picked up half dozen 1" carpintus at an auction, and put them in a 6ft tank to grow up together.
It was all copasetic until the largest male(@4"), and a slightly smaller female paired up, within a few days all others were either dead, or moved.
From then on, the pair would not allow any other fish in the tank, spawning or not.
It is worth trying, I think starting with very young fish, i.e. 1" fish would give you a good chance of success. I also think your choice of a Loisellei as a tankmate is a sound one, they are they least aggressive Parachromis, but they are more than physically capable enough to defend themselves from the Texas cichlid. I would only be concerned if you choose another type of guapote, (like Freddies or Motaguense) as they would be more likely to impose themselves on the Texas cichlids, rather than simply defend themselves. Also, I would only go one with Loisellei, that way you would be sure to avoid the issue of the Loisellei paring off and spawning, things would not go well for the Texas cichlids if any equal sized breeding pair of loi's were in the tank.
I would not attempt that in a 125, not enough elbow room. Good luck.