Gold Severum And Flying Fox - Tank Mates

[Creature Seeker]

Hello,
 
I am having to adopt 'Pancake', the family Severum, and his two Flying Fox buddies, as my parents are decommisioning their Trigon 190 tank, which they have lived in for the past 6 or so years.
 
I was hoping to house them in my Fluval Roma 240 but I have the following fish stocked in this tank and was wondering whether they would all get along.
 
Large Tank
x2 African Butterflyfish (Pantodon Buchholzi)
x8 Clown Rasbora (Rasbora Kalochroma)
x4 Elegant Rasbora (Rasbora Elegans)
x2 Empire Gudgeon (Hypseleotris Compressa)
x1 Twig Catfish (Farlowella Acus)
x1 Upsidedown Catfish
x1 Vampire Shrimp
x1 Banjo Catfish
 
Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[star4]

Your rasbora and shrimp would most likely be eaten. What type of severum is Pancake? You might be better off seeing if you can have the tank aswell and keep pancake and his buddies in the 240 with possibly the catfish (if you have enough filtration) and move the others into the trigon rather than trying to cram everyone in a 240. That would be a better solution

 

[Creature Seeker]

Thanks for the reply!
 
The Rasboras are pretty big, as is the Shrimp, so I don't think Pancake would eat them. He is a Gold Severum.
 
I like your idea of separating the tanks, but unfortunately they already have someone lined up to take the Trigon, so that's not an option.
 
Do you think the Severum would bully the other fish?

 

[Goggy]

pancake may bother the african butterfly which is never a good sign. since the rasboras are schooling pancake probably wouldnt mess with them, so other than that your upside down may be bothered as well
~goggy

you can check the size of pancake's fully extended mouth if it is bigger than anything living in your tank pancake is not compatible

 

[star4]

You would be surprised at what a cichlid can eat if it wants to, I recently had baby, Laeacara thayeri 2" eat a shoal of neons and cardinals (adult) over 2 nights, so Pancake would have no real problems munching shrimp and rasbora I am afraid. 

 

[Goggy]

You would be surprised at what a cichlid can eat if it wants to, I recently had baby, Laeacara thayeri 2" eat a shoal of neons and cardinals (adult) over 2 nights, so Pancake would have no real problems munching shrimp and rasbora I am afraid. 

wow cichlds are tough!
i hat a 3 blood parrot cichlids in my 120 gallon once they were very friendly