What else to get for my 180 gallon

[Fishguy679]

I've had my 180 gallon set up with fish for about a month now. Right now I have

A tiger Oscar
A jack Dempsey
A green terror(most likely a gold saum)
A gold sevrum
A convict cichlid
A featherfin catfish

All the fish are juveniles and get along great

For filtration I have one sun sun 304 b and will be setting up a second one after Christmas and will eventually get a 3rd one in the next few months before he fish are fully grown and possibly add a large hob if 3 sun sun 304bs is not enough. Right now I'm doing 20-25 percent water changes a week but when the tank is fully stocked and the fish are larger I will do larger water changes (around 50 percent maybe twice a week if necessary) to keep up with the large bioload. This is not my first aquarium, I used to have a bunch of smaller ones a few years ago (my biggest was a 120 gallon) and I'm getting back into the hobby. So I wanted my tank to be heavily stocked with a lot of cool cichids but not overstocked. I'm thinking maybe one more large Oscar sized cichlid (maybe a pearsi or a chocolate cichlid) and a few smaller cichlids and ayhe a few dither fish would be OK and a common pleco. What are your thoughts on it? Also if you have any ideas for some cool fish that would go well in my tank I open to suggestions.

 

[dan518]

Personally I think your fully stocked, give it a year or so and your tank will seem to be shrinking

 

[Reiner]

I would avoid common plecos. Get a bristlenose. Stay small and 2 will easily take care of a 180g tank. Cichlid wise if I would add anything I would add a fish that looks entirely different than all the others to avoid aggression. Medium pike cichlids would fit that bill. Like C. Sveni or any other from the saxatillis complex. Don't do big pikes from the lugubris complex. BTW Pearsi get too big for a 180 IMO

 

[Fishguy679]

I was thinking maybe a loselli cichlid or a vigea argentea cichlid or a red head cichlid(not all 3 one just of them) and a salvini and no pearsi. and a pearsi cichlid gets too big for a 180 gallon?? I thought they only got a little bigger than Oscars.anyway would a vegetarian or a loselli cichlid cause havoc in my tank when it got larger or are they OK with other fish? And I know salvinis are pretty aggressive too but don't get very large, would a salvinis cause problems or be OK with other fish?

 

[Fishguy679]

I would avoid common plecos. Get a bristlenose. Stay small and 2 will easily take care of a 180g tank. Cichlid wise if I would add anything I would add a fish that looks entirely different than all the others to avoid aggression. Medium pike cichlids would fit that bill. Like C. Sveni or any other from the saxatillis complex. Don't do big pikes from the lugubris complex. BTW Pearsi get too big for a 180 IMO

I've never had a pike cichlid, what species are best and what's there growth rate like. I've seen some large ones at one of my lfs's and it looked pretty cool.

 

[Deadliestviper7]

Captive bred longear sunfish.

 

[Fishguy679]

Captive bred longear sunfish.

I looked them up, they look cool but I'm doing an American cichlid tank and that wouldn't really go well with it.

 

[Fishguy679]

I'm really considering getting a loselli beacause this is my only fw tank and I won't be upgrading or getting a new tank for a while and want to keep a parachromis and loselli are a lot less aggressive and large than most parachromis like dovii and jags ECT and seems like a fish that could do well in a cichlid community and is in stock and the fish store I'm going to on Monday.

 

[Deadliestviper7]

I looked them up, they look cool but I'm doing an American cichlid tank and that wouldn't really go well with it.

They actually get along well with most central and South American cichlids.

 

[Stanzzzz7]

The only good advice given so far (by Dan518) was dismissed. Your tank is fully stocked and is only big enough for a solo parachromis with no tank mates.