New 75g Unplanted Cichlid Tank

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I just bought a 75g and would like to try something different, also definitely want to have cichlids. Here's one idea I have -- thanks for any feedback you folk out there can provide:

Standard 75 Gallon
Filtration tbd, maybe 2 ACs or 1 AC & 1 Canister
Black sand, Rocks, Driftwood
No live plants (have those in my other tanks, want to try a tank w/o)

1 Severum, 1 Blue Acara, 1 Uaru (or some combination of large, more peaceful SA cichlids)
3 Silver Dollars
1 m/f pair of Kribensis (:rolleyes:)

I know that mixing cichlids is dubious, but here's my thinking:

Kribs and SA's have somewhat similar water requirements (I think), plus they would be from LFS so probably used to my local water.
I guess mated kribs can be fierce, but I wouldn't think two 4" kribs would do much more than try to chase away a few 8" sa's. On the other hand, I wouldn't think that the more "serene" sa's would care about a few tiny kribs hanging out at the bottom of the tank.

Not sure though, so please feel free to share any comments or suggestions.
Thanks!
Joel
 
I'm no expert on those fish but it looks pretty good to me with a nice selection of fish. I think you might even go with a couple more silver dollars as they like a group.

I would say definitely go with cannister external filtration.

If you like I'll move this into CA/SA Cichlids where you'll get some more specialised responses - as I say I don't keep these fish myself.
 
Thanks for the feedback. I do want to focus on CA/SA's, so if you could move this thread there for more responses, that would be great.

Thanks!
 
Seems fine to me. On my 75, I had an AC110 and a Fluval 305 and it worked well
 
Saw some new juve sevs at my local petsmart -- looked great! Also, I'm losing interest in the silver dollars. So I think my new stocking plan is something like: Severum, Festivum(s), Uaru?, Kribs?, Some kind of catfish...

Here's the question part: Would this stock work in a 75g with black tahitian moon sand, driftwood, rocks, and no plants?
 
Resurrecting this thread now that I'm farther along on my prep (you can see the details in my blog if interested). Basically, at this point I have:

75 gallon, Play sand substrate, Quartz rock, *Huge* piece of driftwood (really psyched about this!), AC 110 and Rena XP3

Still want a severum, not really interested in schooling fish, "yes" interested in a mostly SA cichlid set-up (gt's, blue acaras, uaras, etc.), but want to try something "out-there" if workable. What about the following as possible tank-mates for a sev?

5 Pictus catfish
5 Yellow labs*
1 BN pleco
4 Angelfish (ok w/o plants?)


* (I know: not recommended, but I have this crazy feeling it might work)

Side note: Anyone know where I can find festivums? Don't seem available anywhere!

Thanks!
 
I have some juvie chanchito's available if you want some SA cichlids that would mix well with yellow Lab's. These grow to about the size of convicts (males ~5", females 4") but have a much better disposition in general. They come from hard, alkaline water as well, and my breeding pair has been housed with male Victorian Hap's and a single P. nicholsi for months now w/out any problems.
I also have BN pleco's on hand if you want any, and a few extra little catfish that aren't veggie-eaters for cleanup of leftover food.
Recent pic of my male Australoheros oblongum:
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Link to the thread with catfish pics: http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=203213
 
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