Hi guys/gals! First time poster, long time lurker. I've been in the fish keeping hobby for a couple years now and have bought and sold every size aquarium from 10 gallon up to this 125 you see in the picture. This is in my office so I can't go much longer. This aquarium is at around the 3 or 4 week stage of the cycle so I'm just waiting for my nitrites to fall off. My ammonia is 0 and nitrites are on the way down. I'll be ready for fish soon so I need to start planning my stock. I'm running 2 large Sunsun cannisters rated for 550 gph each. I'm not really sure what they actually run with media on board.
So, how monster can I go? I know that 125 is fairly small so I'm planning on keeping the medium to large South/Central American cichlids. I think my question is how many can I stock and which species will be compatible. I'm looking for your recommendations on little monsters. I love the blue and red (finding a red texas would be like hitting the lotto) texas cichlids, red terrors, jacks, jaguars (prob. need a bigger tank for a jag), and black nastys. If you can think of some other species that would be great. I want some of the larger cichlids but nothing like say a dovii. Also, I don't want this to be a 2-3 fish aquarium or I would just get a red star flowerhorn (fav fish of all time). Also, I LOVE Polypterus delhezi but could I keep something like that with these other fish?
Thank you for your time!
So, how monster can I go? I know that 125 is fairly small so I'm planning on keeping the medium to large South/Central American cichlids. I think my question is how many can I stock and which species will be compatible. I'm looking for your recommendations on little monsters. I love the blue and red (finding a red texas would be like hitting the lotto) texas cichlids, red terrors, jacks, jaguars (prob. need a bigger tank for a jag), and black nastys. If you can think of some other species that would be great. I want some of the larger cichlids but nothing like say a dovii. Also, I don't want this to be a 2-3 fish aquarium or I would just get a red star flowerhorn (fav fish of all time). Also, I LOVE Polypterus delhezi but could I keep something like that with these other fish?
Thank you for your time!