help stocking 90 gallon cichlid tank...what can i add or remove

[eric22]

HELLO. MY STOCK IS CURRENTLY AS FOLLOWS...

2 venestus
5 peacocks
2 butterfly peacock
2 OB peacocks
2 Snow White socolofi
3 electric yellow labs
1 acei
1 maingano
1 blue kenyi
3 Demasoni
3 yellow tail acei
1 Rainbow Shark
1 Bolivian Ram
2 Corys
1 Clown Pleco
1 clawed frog male
1 Molly


I PUT THE MOLLY, CLAWED FROG AND THE 2 CORYS IN FROM MY PREVIOUS TANK WHILE CYCLING NEW TANK, AND AFTER ADDING CICHLIDS, SAW THAT THE RAM, FROG AND MOLLY ARE DOING GREAT WITH THE CICHLIDS. I CANT CATCH THE CORYS TO TAKE THEM OUT, AND THEY SEEM FINE FOR NOW AS WELL. THE TANK IS SEEDED FROM OLD TANK AND CYCLED. LEVLES ARE AS OF TODAY -

0-0.25 AMMONIA
0.25 NITRITES
5-10 NITRATES
8.0 PH

MOST OF THE CICHLIDS ARE JUVIES. I DO WEEKLY WATER CHANGES WITH PRIME, AND HAVE 2 BIO BAGS IN 1 FILTER AND 1 IN ANOTHER, AS WELL AS A BAG OF PURIGEN, 2 SPONGE FILTERS, SOME POLY AND FLOSS.

SHOULD OR COULD I ADD SOME MORE CICHLIDS? SHOULD I TAKE ANYTHING OUT? IM PRETTY NEW TO THE HOBBY AND VERY NEW TO AFRICAN CICHLIDS. I KNOW THE BOLIVIAN RAM SHOULDNT BE IN THERE BUT DIDNT WANT TO GIVE HIM AWAY AND HE IS DOING GREAT IN THE AFRICAN SETUP.
ALSO, DONT KNOW IF IT MATTERS, ONE OF THE SNOW WHITES HAS BEEN DIGGING AND CHASES ANY FISH THAT COME NEAR THE CENTER OF THE TANK AWAY, NOT BITING OR ANYTHING, BUT MORE LIKE DOMINATING OR BORDERLINE BULLYING.

THANKS FOR ANY ADVICE.

 

[keegster803]

HELLO. MY STOCK IS CURRENTLY AS FOLLOWS...



2 venestus

5 peacocks

2 butterfly peacock

2 OB peacocks

2 Snow White socolofi

3 electric yellow labs

1 acei

1 maingano

1 blue kenyi

3 Demasoni

3 yellow tail acei

1 Rainbow Shark

1 Bolivian Ram

2 Corys

1 Clown Pleco

1 clawed frog male

1 Molly





I PUT THE MOLLY, CLAWED FROG AND THE 2 CORYS IN FROM MY PREVIOUS TANK WHILE CYCLING NEW TANK, AND AFTER ADDING CICHLIDS, SAW THAT THE RAM, FROG AND MOLLY ARE DOING GREAT WITH THE CICHLIDS. I CANT CATCH THE CORYS TO TAKE THEM OUT, AND THEY SEEM FINE FOR NOW AS WELL. THE TANK IS SEEDED FROM OLD TANK AND CYCLED. LEVLES ARE AS OF TODAY -



0-0.25 AMMONIA

0.25 NITRITES

5-10 NITRATES

8.0 PH



MOST OF THE CICHLIDS ARE JUVIES. I DO WEEKLY WATER CHANGES WITH PRIME, AND HAVE 2 BIO BAGS IN 1 FILTER AND 1 IN ANOTHER, AS WELL AS A BAG OF PURIGEN, 2 SPONGE FILTERS, SOME POLY AND FLOSS.



SHOULD OR COULD I ADD SOME MORE CICHLIDS? SHOULD I TAKE ANYTHING OUT? IM PRETTY NEW TO THE HOBBY AND VERY NEW TO AFRICAN CICHLIDS. I KNOW THE BOLIVIAN RAM SHOULDNT BE IN THERE BUT DIDNT WANT TO GIVE HIM AWAY AND HE IS DOING GREAT IN THE AFRICAN SETUP.

ALSO, DONT KNOW IF IT MATTERS, ONE OF THE SNOW WHITES HAS BEEN DIGGING AND CHASES ANY FISH THAT COME NEAR THE CENTER OF THE TANK AWAY, NOT BITING OR ANYTHING, BUT MORE LIKE DOMINATING OR BORDERLINE BULLYING.



THANKS FOR ANY ADVICE.

I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but as soon as those guys get mature, it will be a slaughter fest. The reason why people don't keep Africans and South American cichlids together, is because the Africans are more aggressive and will usually end up killing the South Americans. So I'd recommend getting that ram out of there. Also the rainbow shark will get bullied to death also, the Molly will probably get eaten, and so will the clawed frog. And the cories will also get eaten or bullied to death too. I'm sorry but the fish above that I just named, should be moved out of that tank as soon as possible.


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[brennae]

Hi Eric and welcome to the forum. You will find there are some really knowledgeable people on here in regards to cichlids. I also suggest you view the Cichlid thread subsection as you may find useful info there as well.

I don't know a lot about some of your fish but the corys and molly are very peaceful fish and I agree they need to be removed or rehomed for their safety.

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[mikey5290]

HELLO. MY STOCK IS CURRENTLY AS FOLLOWS...

2 venestus
5 peacocks
2 butterfly peacock
2 OB peacocks
2 Snow White socolofi
3 electric yellow labs
1 acei
1 maingano
1 blue kenyi
3 Demasoni
3 yellow tail acei
1 Rainbow Shark
1 Bolivian Ram
2 Corys
1 Clown Pleco
1 clawed frog male
1 Molly


I PUT THE MOLLY, CLAWED FROG AND THE 2 CORYS IN FROM MY PREVIOUS TANK WHILE CYCLING NEW TANK, AND AFTER ADDING CICHLIDS, SAW THAT THE RAM, FROG AND MOLLY ARE DOING GREAT WITH THE CICHLIDS. I CANT CATCH THE CORYS TO TAKE THEM OUT, AND THEY SEEM FINE FOR NOW AS WELL. THE TANK IS SEEDED FROM OLD TANK AND CYCLED. LEVLES ARE AS OF TODAY -

0-0.25 AMMONIA
0.25 NITRITES
5-10 NITRATES
8.0 PH

MOST OF THE CICHLIDS ARE JUVIES. I DO WEEKLY WATER CHANGES WITH PRIME, AND HAVE 2 BIO BAGS IN 1 FILTER AND 1 IN ANOTHER, AS WELL AS A BAG OF PURIGEN, 2 SPONGE FILTERS, SOME POLY AND FLOSS.

SHOULD OR COULD I ADD SOME MORE CICHLIDS? SHOULD I TAKE ANYTHING OUT? IM PRETTY NEW TO THE HOBBY AND VERY NEW TO AFRICAN CICHLIDS. I KNOW THE BOLIVIAN RAM SHOULDNT BE IN THERE BUT DIDNT WANT TO GIVE HIM AWAY AND HE IS DOING GREAT IN THE AFRICAN SETUP.
ALSO, DONT KNOW IF IT MATTERS, ONE OF THE SNOW WHITES HAS BEEN DIGGING AND CHASES ANY FISH THAT COME NEAR THE CENTER OF THE TANK AWAY, NOT BITING OR ANYTHING, BUT MORE LIKE DOMINATING OR BORDERLINE BULLYING.

THANKS FOR ANY ADVICE.

Everything below the yellow tail acei needs to go. They will at some point be killed by the other fish, just a matter of time.
The 3 Demasoni will also be a problem, they need larger numbers to curb their aggression. With 3 you will eventually only have 1. Personally with your other stock I would eliminate them too.
Others would say that mixing peacocks and mbuna will cause problems but I have seen many mixed tanks that seem to do just fine ( I don't take the chance). It really will depend on your particular peacocks, if they stand up to the mbuna you may be ok.