125g Possible Setups

[JArtiles305]

I'm looking at these possible set-ups:

125G Heavily Filtered

(1)
*School of Rummy Nose Tetra
*Pair of Keyhole Cichlids
*Pair of Rams
*4-5 Firemouth
*Other Fish I can't think of at the moment

(2)
*2 Oscars
*Jack Dempsey
*1 Bichir
*4-5 Firemouths

(3)
*1 Green Texas
*2 Jack Dempsey
*4-5 Firemouths
*Bichir

(4)
*3-4 Severums
*1 Jack Dempsey
*4-5 Firemouths
*Bichir

(5)
*2 Jaguars

Any suggestions? Which one seems the most interesting/rewarding? Looking for something to give me years of enjoyment.

 

[kev_kb]

Discus???

 

[JArtiles305]

Anyone else?

 

[Sp3nc3r]

(6)
*pair of kribs
*pair of rams
*pair of keyhole cichlids
*4-5 firemouth


(7)
*shoal of green tiger barbs

(8)
*2 oscars
*parrot cichlid
*2 severums
*1 Bichir

 

[Puffer punk]

planted tank with a comunity of dwarf cichlids

 

[annka5]

This could just be me but it's nice to have fish you can see clearly from the otherside of the room without putting on your spectacles.... a bigger tank usually goes in a bigger room so that usually means you'll be watching from a greater distance away.
I HATE being in my thirties!!

 

[JArtiles305]

Are there any large polygamous/colony fish?

This could just be me but it's nice to have fish you can see clearly from the otherside of the room without putting on your spectacles.... a bigger tank usually goes in a bigger room so that usually means you'll be watching from a greater distance away.
I HATE being in my thirties!!

This is true. In a planted tank small cichlids/fish would get lost within all the brush. Although I love a planted tank a setup that large just won't be feasible.

 

[Neal]

Maybe an oddball tank?

1 Oscar
1 BGK
1 Fancy Pleco
Some angel fish maybe?
- The rest is up to you!

Neal

 

[vancouver]

Looks like you want firemouths for sure.. probably should stock the tank around them.. A chocolate cichlid would be cool, you could also add a bichir... and a severum... then maybe a school of rainbows if you like some sort of schooling fish.

 

[LisaLQ]

I'm looking at these possible set-ups:

125G Heavily Filtered

(1)
*School of Rummy Nose Tetra
*Pair of Keyhole Cichlids
*Pair of Rams
*4-5 Firemouth
*Other Fish I can't think of at the moment

(2)
*2 Oscars
*Jack Dempsey
*1 Bichir
*4-5 Firemouths

(3)
*1 Green Texas
*2 Jack Dempsey
*4-5 Firemouths
*Bichir

(4)
*3-4 Severums
*1 Jack Dempsey
*4-5 Firemouths
*Bichir

(5)
*2 Jaguars

Any suggestions? Which one seems the most interesting/rewarding? Looking for something to give me years of enjoyment.

I'd go for no2, but knock the bichir and firemouths off the list, and add some dithers. It would be nigh on impossible to have that many cichlids in a tank together without some falling prey to the pair of Os, and the Os could get picked on with so many firemouths too.

So knock off the bichir, maybe keep one firemouth, and add some clown loach (3 should do it). Or maybe a few silver dollars instead of clown loach. With the money you save on fish, buy another external filter, you'll need it