So most of your fish are under a year old, as these fish can live upto 15 years except the flowerhorn I think your a bit premature, if there all living together in 5 years I will quite happily doth my cap to you
What else to get for my 180 gallon
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Sexual maturity can be like a light switch when it comes to personality/aggression. The GT may become nasty, maybe not. A salvini will likely try to attack everything in sight.
In 180g a salvini will not attack everything lol. I've never had any aggression issues in my 150g. IMO salvinis have gained a bad reputation because many people keep them in 30-50g tanks. Only breeding pairs really get nasty.
Think there's alot of difference in salvini personality, my old 6/7 inch male was a aggressive pita in my 180 gal
I'd say in general the closer the quarters, the more aggression you will eventually see. I'd keep the tank as is. A lighter stocked tank will make it easier to maintain water quality, reduce aggression for sa/ca fish and allow them to act more natural. With the crew you have the oscar should be able to hang fine and will likely rule the roost as he will greatly outsize the Dempsey and gt, though jaw wise oscars are not equipped with the same kind of power so you never know.
In my experience, if you are going to understock a CA/SA tank then it must be really understocked with non aggressive fishes. I have had better results with overstocking with agreessive cichlids.
To be honest you will have nipped fins here and there regardless on how you stock it.
To be honest you will have nipped fins here and there regardless on how you stock it.
Just depends on the fish. I rarely have any nipped fins. And my stock list contains some nasty guys. 2 flower horns, a rd, a midas, an Amarillo, a chancho, 4 small festae, an oscar, and an achara catfish in a 320. I'll be thinning it down more as they grow, ending up with 6 or 7 fish in a 320+ gallon. When I first started the tank they were smaller with more fish including trimacs, more chanchos, a brehodri, a larger jd, jag and festae...much more aggression when it was overstocked, but again fish all have their own personalities so it just depends.
In that case I think I'm going to get one or two mid sized/small cichids and some dithers and if there's an issue I can always give a problem fish to my LFS.
I wouldn't add that in addition to what you have. A couple mid to large sized cichlids, plus some dithers would be nice in a 180 though.
