We are about to build a 750 gallon monster tank. It will be 10 feet long, 4 feet deep and 30 inches high as planned. Acrylic if we can swing it. Glass is too heavy and the risk of breakage spooks us.
I could use a bit of help with part of the stocking.
We already have most of the fish scattered in various tanks around the house. Those going in for certain are:
1 silver Arowana
4 Oscars
2 black ghost knife fish (yes, they actually do get along really well!)
1 marbled sailfin pleco
1 royal pleco
I think we'll also add our fire eel, Beaker. He's not South American but he should do very well in that tank.
Here are some possibilities (they won't all be chosen):
1 chocolate cichlid
1 to 5 severums as space and dynamics allow (we have 4 Heros sp. "Rotkeil red shoulder" and 1 H. severus, gold strain)
1 true parrot cichlid (Hoplarchus psittacus)
Electric blue Jack Dempsey
1 or 2 blood parrots
Large bichir, such as a P. endlicheri
The chocolate cichlid and at least 1 severum are probably good. I don't see how they wouldn't fit in. We would LOVE the true parrot cichlid but I am concerned that it might be too aggressive for the other species. I also don't want to overstock the tank. The EBJD is an alternative to the true parrot but it's CA. Mellower than the standard JD, but still... CA. We have a couple of dorky blood parrot hybrids that would love it in there if it's not too rough for them. One of them already lives and schools with the Oscars. She delights in eating the chunks that spew out of their mouths at meal time. We're leaning away from the bichir. It's cool but it doesn't really belong, we don't already have one and again we'd be pushing it with the stocking limit. I also don't know how well Beaker would like sharing his tank floor.
Suggestions?
I could use a bit of help with part of the stocking.
We already have most of the fish scattered in various tanks around the house. Those going in for certain are:
1 silver Arowana
4 Oscars
2 black ghost knife fish (yes, they actually do get along really well!)
1 marbled sailfin pleco
1 royal pleco
I think we'll also add our fire eel, Beaker. He's not South American but he should do very well in that tank.
Here are some possibilities (they won't all be chosen):
1 chocolate cichlid
1 to 5 severums as space and dynamics allow (we have 4 Heros sp. "Rotkeil red shoulder" and 1 H. severus, gold strain)
1 true parrot cichlid (Hoplarchus psittacus)
Electric blue Jack Dempsey
1 or 2 blood parrots
Large bichir, such as a P. endlicheri
The chocolate cichlid and at least 1 severum are probably good. I don't see how they wouldn't fit in. We would LOVE the true parrot cichlid but I am concerned that it might be too aggressive for the other species. I also don't want to overstock the tank. The EBJD is an alternative to the true parrot but it's CA. Mellower than the standard JD, but still... CA. We have a couple of dorky blood parrot hybrids that would love it in there if it's not too rough for them. One of them already lives and schools with the Oscars. She delights in eating the chunks that spew out of their mouths at meal time. We're leaning away from the bichir. It's cool but it doesn't really belong, we don't already have one and again we'd be pushing it with the stocking limit. I also don't know how well Beaker would like sharing his tank floor.
Suggestions?
