What Catfish With My Stocking?

[Spike_ea_2k6]

What catfish can i have with:
1x male blue acara,
1x female green terror,
1x female convict,
1x parrot fish,
1x oscar,
1x silver dollar, * will be getting more of them for him this week *
1x cory, * will be giving him away to my sister *
1x firemouth,
2x yellow labs,
2x common plecos.

all are juvies and get on V well.

 

[piper]

What size tank have you got, will help with surgestions

 

[Spike_ea_2k6]

7ft but might put them in a 203G

 

[Fate2006]

Yellow labs?! in with an oscar??? Wouldn't the oscar destroy those 2?!

 

[kniesh]

It is almost definately gonna end in disaster. Even if the Oscar doesn't bother it the labs will probably start being aggressive towards it an get a very nasty shock.

 

[Fate2006]

I agree! and I prey that the cory cat gets out of there before the oscar gets hungry!

 

[Spike_ea_2k6]

the oscar is a bit too young too eat anything in there.

 

[kniesh]

Hi Spike, why not set up ur 203 gallon as a Malawi Cichlid set up. This would look amazing at this size and of course you would have to do some research but you would get plenty of help on the African Cichlid section. You coukld then keep ur yellow labs in there along with some other amazing fish and you would have a tank for both types of Cichlid which really aren't compatible together. Plus they would be too very different but equally as impressive tanks.

 

[Spike_ea_2k6]

i was thinking of doing that for my 56g tank.

 

[kniesh]

56gal would work nicely also. I would set one up as it though because much as I usually believe most stocking suggestions have a chance at least I'm afraid the Labs will definately end up dead within a couple of months or so.

 

[LisaLQ]

I'd say you were fully stocked, if not slightly overstocked, already - wouldn't add anything else, and would remove the labs and cory asap

 

[Spike_ea_2k6]

can labs go with johannis?

 

[Ferris]

can labs go with johannis?

Yes they are both Mbuna species from Lake Malawi and tend to work particularly well together despite the difference in aggression levels.

 

[Spike_ea_2k6]

will juvies be ok in a 29G untill my 56G is ready?

 

[Ferris]

will juvies be ok in a 29G untill my 56G is ready?

Yes provided it is just temporary.