Stock ?

[Barb0713]

I have a 75 gallon tank

1 Texas cichlid
4 OB peacock African cichlids
1 yellow lab cichlid
1 female convict
1 white cichlid
1 German blue and yellow cichlid
1 strawberry sunburst cichlid
1 pleco

so far so good. Is that too much ? Not enough ?

 

[FFGuest6357]

I don’t have any experience with cichlids, so I can’t help you...

but post a picture! I’d love to see it

 

[Falconwithaboxon]

I have a 75 gallon tank

1 Texas cichlid
4 OB peacock African cichlids
1 yellow lab cichlid
1 female convict
1 white cichlid
1 German blue and yellow cichlid
1 strawberry sunburst cichlid
1 pleco

so far so good. Is that too much ? Not enough ?

1. Let's see a picture!

2. I would add some bottom feeders or inverts of some kind

 

[Barb0713]

1. Let's see a picture!

2. I would add some bottom feeders or inverts of some kind

Thanks I will do that

 

[Colin_T]

I have a 75 gallon tank

1 Texas cichlid
4 OB peacock African cichlids
1 yellow lab cichlid
1 female convict
1 white cichlid
1 German blue and yellow cichlid
1 strawberry sunburst cichlid
1 pleco

so far so good. Is that too much ? Not enough ?

Not good

Texas cichlid grows about 10 inches and kills stuff.
Convicts grow to about 4-6 inches and can get grumpy.
Both come from Central America and requires a pH around 7.0 and GH around 150-200ppm.

OB peacocks and yellow labs come from Lake Malawi in Africa and require water with a GH above 300ppm and a pH above 7.6

Need pictures of the other fish to ID them, but German blue and yellow is probably a blue ram and they are from South America, (pH below 7.0, GH below 100ppm) only grow to 2 inches and will get killed by everything else in the tank.

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Do you have driftwood and algae in the tank for the pleco?

 

[Barb0713]

Not good

Texas cichlid grows about 10 inches and kills stuff.
Convicts grow to about 4-6 inches and can get grumpy.
Both come from Central America and requires a pH around 7.0 and GH around 150-200ppm.

OB peacocks and yellow labs come from Lake Malawi in Africa and require water with a GH above 300ppm and a pH above 7.6

Need pictures of the other fish to ID them, but German blue and yellow is probably a blue ram and they are from South America, (pH below 7.0, GH below 100ppm) only grow to 2 inches and will get killed by everything else in the tank.

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Do you have driftwood and algae in the tank for the pleco?

It is a yellow tail acei

 

[Colin_T]

acei is from lake Malawi and needs hard water with a high pH

 

[Barb0713]

acei is from lake Malawi and needs hard water with a high pH

I appreciate all the answers. I have reasearch a little on both sides. In the end, I have decided to do the mixed tank. I’ve learned it’s a big debate lol but, so far it’s working for me. That may change. It remains to be seen.

 

[Josh752]

Lose the Texas and convict add more africans

 

[Barb0713]

Lose the Texas and convict add more africans

I may have to because the Texas and the convict are mating ?

 

[Falconwithaboxon]

I may have to because the Texas and the convict are mating ?

I see this is an absolute win

 

[Barb0713]

I see this is an absolute win

I wanna keep the Texas. . I have to get him his own tank and put the convict in the convict pair tank. My family is gna flip when I bring a 4th tank ?

 

[Barb0713]

I wanna keep the Texas. . I have to get him his own tank and put the convict in the convict pair tank. My family is gna flip when I bring a 4th tank ?

I see this is an absolute win

Sarcasm? This is bit a win right?

 

[Barb0713]

Sarcasm? This is bit a win right?

Not*

 

[Falconwithaboxon]

I honestly have no idea if it's a win or not lol. Might be a cool fish result idk