Green Terror breeding

Ok a 120gal would not be big enough for the even splitting them up. Also you need to do at the very least a water change every week especially with all those fish. Also with the Gar never release aquarium fish into the wild you can contaminate the wild species with diseases that they would not be able to fight off. I would take the Gar back from were you got it unless you fished for it and tossed it in your tank then Ide wait til hes of size and then eat it. Ummm Ummm Good. But yeah never ever release aquarium fish with the wild population even if there native there. Also if your caught doing this you get hit with a big fine.
 
I bought the gar at a lfs. I don't know if they'd take him back. Won't the tank restrict his growth? I thought fish didn't get any bigger than their environment allowed?

After reading what everyone has written, I think all cichilds can have VERY individual personalities. My RD is tough, but he doesn't act like the killer I keep hearing about. The firemouth is more aggresive and likely to pick a fight.

Also, the corys hide a lot, but i like them for clean up. They eat all the stuff on the bottom. All of the other fish leave them alone. They only started hiding when I put the Gar in there. Are they really dangerous to the other fish?
 
The cory's will get eaten or kill your fish it there spines get stuck in there trought they will die. The Gar has to go before it gets to big. The Red Devil is still small and house with alot of fish as soon as it gets big enough it will kill almost every fish in there. Firemouths get somewhat mean but not big at all when it gets 6" and the RD and Oscar keep growing it will be killed. Oscars get big but not mean and will be Killed by the RD. I would get rid of these fish I know you want to keep all of them but you will have just one big disaster if you keep them all. I highly recommend you taking the Gar, Red Devil and cories back for starters. Yes fish grow to there inviroment but there growth is stunted while the outside appearance stays the same size there insides keep growing which get cramped deform your fish and eventually killing it slowly but surely and why make a fish sufer that fate.
 
your right, every cichlid has there own personality. but the differ slightly. a red devil will not go from one of the meanest fish to being less aggressive than a firemouth. just wait to it get close to the size of the others and you wont have any fish left.

yes, they wont grow out of there habitat, but that will stunt there growth and youll have a less healthy fish. it will be stressed all the time and eventually die an early death. why not take it back and get something out of it?

your cories will be killed. guarenteed. they will be eaten or try to be eaten and will kill the fish eatin it. they are not aggressive at all. there best kept with nicer cichlids and tetras and stuff. not some of the meanest cichlids alive.

it seems that you asked a question, and your not following the advice. why did you ask in the first place? do what you want, but your tank is a death trap.
 
Straight up man. Why you ask for advice if you dont want to use it. It pointless to take time ask question when someone gives you a answer you dont want to here you think you could get away with it. Most of the fish will die. Even the Red Devil could die before any of the others by eating those corys and getting it stuck in its mouth. I never really thought about it but why do people say hey lets bye half the fish store then ask question when we here something we dont like lets come up with an excuse. Yeah your going to do what your going to do but what you have going in your tank is messed up. Do the research before you bye your next fish bro. Lates im doon with this thread till you start singing a better toon. Im out.
 
I would agree about the corys....my oscar tried to eat one in his tank, he spit it out since he couldn't swallow it. More than likely, they will kill them, try to eat them, but spit them out when they realize they can't swallow them. Cuz, two other oscars tried to eat it too, and they just spit it out and left it there.
 
I asked the questions I asked because I didn't know about this stuff. The guy at the lfs seemed to know his stuff, but he was probably more interested in making money than healthy fish.

Like I said I only started keeping these types of fish in the last year. Know that I know about these guys I'll be getting rid of the corys, gar and pacu. The jacks will go as they get bigger. I'll be keeping the Rd in a separate 75 by himself. I like him. The rest will get split up into bigger tanks soon. It takes a little time to find a 120 tank without paying a fortune.

I came to this site to learn more about the fish I have. I'm not interested in killing fish. I AM interested in learning more about them to keep them healthy and enjoy the hobby. Thanks for helping me learn.
 
So a 75gal for the Red Devil Thats good.

Also a 120 Gal for the
1 Oscar - 4-5"
2 GT's M+F - 3-3.5"
3 JD's - 3-3.5" Until they get bigger
2 Brazilliaras ? - 3"
1 Firemouth - 3"
2 silver dollars - 3" targets
2 Plecos - 3.5"

Big improvement you will be doing there but may I suggest one more change and get rid of one pleco. After that I will agree it should be workable. I would still look out for the firemouth for they dont get big and that should be it I think.

Hey who knows how big the brazilliaras get??? Also size one Silver Dollars when full grown please.
 
the silvert dollars will get about 6" long and about 6" high.

you huys see to be forgetting about the pacus, if u plan to keep them you will need a huge tank, like 200+ if its just them and probably 300+ after they get 12", by the way how often do your pacus jump outta the tank cause mine seem to do it about once a week.
 
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