Thinking about a brown bullhead.

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Could this stock work as well:

1 firemouth
1 convict
1 Nicaraguan cichlid
6 giant danios
1 striped raph
1 sailfin pleco (grow out)
1 brown bullhead

all the other info is the same

probably overstocked right :(. I'm looking for ca cichlids that have personality but also won't overcrowd the tank since the bullhead is a lot of bioload, any suggestions?
 
I was asking some people on other threads and they said even the first stock is to much :(. I was also emailing Brian Zimmerman (where I'm getting the bullhead) and I thought, maybe order a sunfish with the bullhead if I have the opportunity.

so help me out here guys fill in the blank on the stock list (don't say nothing, mike :) ).

6 giant danios
1 striped raph
1 sailfin pleco (go)
1 brown bullhead (go)
1 redbreast sunfish
1 fill in the blank, looking for a small 4-6" SA or ca cichlid that isn't scared of people and can hold its own against all the other fish on the list.
 
No cichlid and sunfish together in a 75 and you need to stay on top of waterchanges because you have some serious bioload going on. Bullheads filthy, plecos filthier

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Crazy mike said:
No cichlid and sunfish together in a 75 and you need to stay on top of waterchanges because you have some serious bioload going on. Bullheads filthy, plecos filthier

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Why not together? I'm defiantly going to be doing 50-60% weekly every week and not miss a single change. So what would a good stock be? I can always get more filtration as well.
 
i can tell you this, a few months ago, when my bullhead was about 13", he ate a 3" sunfish lol. i got mine at about 6 inches and he has doubled in size in a little over a year. get him pellet trained immediately. when they get older they can eat a pound of shiners a week. they are really neat fish though. IMG_20130426_221740_960.jpg

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divemaster99 said:
Why not together? I'm defiantly going to be doing 50-60% weekly every week and not miss a single change. So what would a good stock be? I can always get more filtration as well.
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There aren't any personable cichlids that would coexist peacefully with sunfish in a 75.

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lunker65 said:
i can tell you this, a few months ago, when my bullhead was about 13", he ate a 3" sunfish lol. i got mine at about 6 inches and he has doubled in size in a little over a year. get him pellet trained immediately. when they get older they can eat a pound of shiners a week. they are really neat fish though. View attachment 1000920
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now I REALLY want one bro :). Where'd you get yours from?
 
Crazy mike said:
There aren't any personable cichlids that would coexist peacefully with sunfish in a 75.

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Hmm then forget the sunfish. What would a good cichlid(s) be to go with all the other fish on the list and not make me have to do more than 60% a week? How about the bullhead, danios, raph, pleco, and a single GT? Remember pleco and bullhead are grow outs.
 
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