Overcrowded 120 Gallon tank?

120 Gallons-

3 female Black Convict
1 Male Firemouth
1 male Jack Dempsey
1 male Texas cichlid
1 Green Terror


They are pick about fish invading there territory, never fight tho just warn or chase.

They are also all 2-4 inches right now.

 

All heck is going to break loose once those fish reach maturity (not to mention all the water changes you'll be doing).

-Chelle

 

go buy a larger tank atpetsmart or at exotix aquriam..

 

yeah thats a total chaotic mix of fish there!! - tl

 

yeah man u go to many different cichlid

 

ahh glad i read the other posts first lol i was going to say go for it. If you do it set up a territory for each fish so they dont try and take over each others "areas"

 

Yeah, I'll prolly get rid of the Convicts and Firemouth once they get bigger.

 

uhhh flush it down the toilet the fish that u don't want.. or return it back to the store...

 

No that would b mean to flush em. I'll find another tank or return em to the store.

 

no matter what, plz dont flush your fish

 

Why would anyone want to do that?

But yeah, that is a crazy combination of fish, good luck trying to make them not kill each other, lol. Good luck.

 

Sorry I know nothing about cichlid combinations, I just wanted to add this.

Flushing a fish is probably the worst way to get rid of it. Fish don't actually die when they're flushed they have to travel through the system and then most of them end up being squeezed to death at the treatment plants. Great way to go huh? But hey, I guess outta sight, outta ming..Right? :x

 

actually, the probably die when they go through the grinder in the toilet. Usually used to help disolve waste, I doubt a fish would be small enough to make it out alive. Now THAT is a bad way to go.

 

haha yeh u just got that form NEMO..

 

Aznfryboi why dont i flush you down the toliet and see how you like it

 

Hey! Don't be digging up old threads just to pick fights.

-Chelle

 

I didnt even realize how old this was.

 

imo it dosen't sound too overcrouded to me.. like ive had worse with out problem

 

3 female Black Convict
1 Male Firemouth
1 male Jack Dempsey
1 male Texas cichlid
1 Green Terror

Cons and firemouths need at least 15 gallons each - 4 x 15 = 60 gallons
JD's need around 40 gallons - 1 x 40 = 40
Texas cichlids & GT's need at least 50 gallons each - 2 x 50 = 100

So that's 200 gallons worth of fish going by bare minimums. But the more large, territorial, aggressive cichlids you keep together, the more space you should give them. So for a more ideal set up with a better chance of working, you'd be looking at closer to 250 - 275 gallons.

-Chelle