300 Litre Cichlids

[joshjames]

so in a 300 litre could i hav
4 clown loaches
1 severum
1 blue acara
4 german blue rams
shoal ov large tetra
anythin else i could add or is tht it nd would it all b fine thanxz

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

so in a 300 litre could i hav
4 clown loaches
1 severum
1 blue acara
4 german blue rams
shoal ov large tetra
anythin else i could add or is tht it nd would it all b fine thanxz

I am not sure how nice the Acara would be with the Ram. I had an Acara for a bit and he was pretty nasty! I also had some Tetras in the tank I put the Acara in, and he gobbled up a bunch of them. I had to move the rest. This was when I was a novice fish keeper mind you.

 

[joshjames]

so if i forget about the acara but keep the severum is all tht gd?

 

[DiscusKeeper403]

so if i forget about the acara but keep the severum is all tht gd?

I think that would be a better route to go but wait until someone agrees with me.

 

[minxfishy]

I would say both the acara and sev with the rams would be fine, but then it depends on the individual fish. My acaras were so laid back and extremely peaceful, if anything it was the rams who did the bullying, although it was just in the form of chasing them away if they came to close to their territory.

On the other hand, you can get sev's that wont accept anything else in the tank with them, so its entirely on the fish.

Your best bet would be to get all young so that they grow up together, also if possible, get the rams first, allow them to establish their territory, then the sev, lastly the acara, but not too long in between to allow routines to form for the others.